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How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry)
Department of Urology, Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Fernando J. Kim, Department
of Urology, Denver Health Medical Center/University of
Colorado Cancer Center, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206,
Denver, CO 80246 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2014, 21(2), 7251-7254.
Abstract
Prostate cryoablation (PCry) is a well-established minimally invasive therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. Unfortunately, PCry still carries the stigma of a high rate recto-urethral fistula procedure but with the advent of argon/helium gas technology, urethral warmer and high quality transrectal ultrasound imaging, complications decreased and efficacy increased. The Denver Health Medical Center’s technique in prostate cryoablation is described as follows.Keywords
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