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HOW I DO IT

How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry)

Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva, Paulo Jaworski, Diedra Gustafson, Leticia Nogueira, Wilson Molina, Fernando J. Kim

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

prostate cryoablation, technique

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APA Style
Silva, R.D.D., Jaworski, P., Gustafson, D., Nogueira, L., Molina, W. et al. (2014). How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry). Canadian Journal of Urology, 21(2), 7251–7254.
Vancouver Style
Silva RDD, Jaworski P, Gustafson D, Nogueira L, Molina W, Kim FJ. How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry). Can J Urology. 2014;21(2):7251–7254.
IEEE Style
R.D.D. Silva, P. Jaworski, D. Gustafson, L. Nogueira, W. Molina, and F.J. Kim, “How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry),” Can. J. Urology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 7251–7254, 2014.



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