Handbook of Urologic Cryoablaton

Over 35,000 men die per year from prostate cancer in the United States. This not insignificant number of deaths if of especial interest to urological surgeons worldwide, While radical prostatectomy is the surgical procedure of choice for organ-confined prostate cancer, it is not necessarily for everyone. Cryoablation has been shown to be particularly effective in those patients with a high risk of recurrent prostate cancer, localized prostate cancer in patients with contraindications for radical prostatectomy, and those who have progression after radiation therapy. Cryoablation of the prostate, kidneys and adrenals is either a one- or a two-stop procedure. Cryoprobes are inserted into the appropriate anatomical areas. The temperature of the probes is lowered to a maximum of -195 degrees C, at which point an iceball begins to grow and thus destroy targetted tissue. Drs Rukstalis and Katz are internationally recognized experts in the field of urologic cryoablation and lecture extensively on this procedure. Their contributors offer the reader their personal advice on to treat effectively cancers of the prostate, kidneys and adrenals.Rukstalis, Daniel B. is the author of 'Handbook of Urologic Cryoablaton ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781841845777 and ISBN 1841845779.