Cryosurgery for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

SeedNet was developed by Galil Medical (Yokneam, Israel), which says that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) responses have been superb for patients who have had the procedure. The technique involves 12 tiny needles that are inserted through a template into the prostate gland, directly through the skin of the perineum. The doctor watches needle placement and the freezing process through transrectal ultrasound. Although the procedure is performed in a hospital under anesthesia, patients return home the same day and have a quick recovery time.

"The system gives the physician much greater control in destroying the diseased gland with less risk and pain to the patient,” says Jeffrey K. Cohen, M.D., director of the urology division at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh (PA, USA).




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