Urology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 482-486 , February 2010

Correlation of Thermocouple Data With Voiding Function After Prostate Cryoablation

  • David A. Levy

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David A. Levy, M.D., Department of Regional Urology, Cleveland Clinic Fairview Cancer Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Q-10, 18200 Loraine Ave, Cleveland, OH 44111

Received 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

References 

  1. Pisters LL, von Eschenbach AC, Scott SM, et al. The efficacy and complications of salvage cryotherapy of the prostate. J Urol. 1997;157:921–925
  2. Ghafar MA, Johnson CW, De La Taille A, et al. Salvage cryotherapy using an argon based system for locally recurrent prostate cancer after radiation therapy: the Columbia experience. J Urol. 2001;166:1333–1337
  3. Chin JL, Pautler SE, Mouraviev V, et al. Results of salvage cryoablation of the prostate after radiation: identifying predictors of treatment failure and complications. J Urol. 2001;165:1937–1941
  4. Cohen JK, Miller RJ. Thermal protection of urethra during cryosurgery of prostate cancer. Cryobiology. 1994;31:313–316
  5. Wong WS, Chinn DO, Chinn M, et al. Cryosurgery as a treatment for prostate carcinoma. Cancer. 1997;79:963–974
  6. De La Taillle A, Benson MC, Bagiella E, et al. Cryoablation for clinically localized prostate cancer using an argon-based system: complication rates and biochemical recurrence. BJU Int. 2000;85:281–286
  7. Zismon A, Pantuck AJ, Cohen JK, et al. Prostate cryoablation using direct transperineal placement of ultrathin probes through a 17-gauge brachytherapy template-technique and preliminary results. Urology. 2001;58:988
  8. Bahn D, Lee F, Badalament R, et al. Targeted cryoablation of the prostate: 7-year outcomes in the primary treatment of prostate cancer. Urology. 2002;60(suppl 2A):3–11
  9. Donnelly BJ, Saliken JC, Ernst DS, et al. A prospective trial of cryosurgical ablation of the prostate: five year results. Urology. 2002;60:645–649
  10. Ellis D. Cryosurgery as primary treatment for localized prostate cancer: a community hospital experience. Urology. 2002;60(suppl 2A):34–39
  11. Millennium Research Group. US Markets for Urological Devices 2006. Toronto, ON, Canada: Millennium Research Group, Inc; 2005;
  12. Han KR, Cohen JK, Miller RJ, et al. Treatment of organ confined prostate cancer with third generation cryosurgery: preliminary multicenter experience. J Urol. 2003;170:1126–1130
  13. Jones JS, Rewcastle JC, Donnelly BJ, et al. Whole gland primary prostate cryoablation: initial results from the cryo on line data registry. J Urol. 2008;180:554–558
  14. Roehborn CG, McConnell JD, Barry MJ, et al. Guideline on the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. American Urological Association Inc; 2003;

PII: S0090-4295(09)02341-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.07.1282

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 482-486 , February 2010

Article Tools