[Cryodestruction of the anterior lobe of adenohypophysis in terminal patients with prostatic cancer].

Autor: Lesovoĭ VN, Sipityĭ VI, Khareba GG, Tsygankov AV
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Urologiia (Moscow, Russia : 1999) [Urologiia] 2001 Nov-Dec (6), pp. 21-4.
Abstrakt: The authors used a new method of treatment of prostatic cancer--selective stereotactic puncture cryodestruction of the anteriod hypophysis lobe--which prevents water-electrolyte imbalance, relieves pain syndrome due to bone metastases, reduces androgenic stimulation of the prostate, improves quality of life for patients of clinical group IV. The operation is low-traumatic and is not accompanied with serious complications.
Databáze: MEDLINE