Prostate cryoablation: update 1998
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Cryoablation of Prostate Cancer
Introduction Cryosurgical ablation of the prostate using an open, perineal incision was started by Flocks and associates at the University of Iowa in 1969. In this procedure, the posterior surface of the prostate, seminal vesicles and bladder base were exposed through a perineal incision. A cryoprobe was then inserted first into the prostate and/or adjacent tissues. The technique was monitored ...
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عنوان ژورنال: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0007-9235
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.48.4.239