Open AccessDoes the type of cryoprobe affect oncological and functional outcomes in men with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with primary whole gland prostate cryoablation?
Author(s) -
Tarek Taha,
Wei Tan,
Ahmed Elshafei,
Alireza Aminsharifi,
Robert Given,
Michael L. Cher
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1097/cu9.0000000000000015
Subject(s) - medicine , cryoablation , urology , interquartile range , prostate cancer , cryosurgery , prostate , androgen deprivation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , prostate specific antigen , proportional hazards model , nephrology , logistic regression , cancer , surgery , ablation , paleontology , biology
This study aimed to compare the oncological and functional outcomes of primary whole gland cryoablation of the prostate using the variable ice cryoprobe (V-Probe ® ) and the conventional fixed-size ice probe.