Cryotherapy of prostate cancer.

Cryosurgical destruction of primary adenocarcinoma of the prostate was performed via perineal route in 215 patients during a 12-year period. The average age of the patients was 66 years. The stage of the disease varied from stage B to D. In 74% of the patients, no clinical evidence of tumor was found in the prostatic fossa following cryosurgery. Few patients needed transurethral surgery and none needed repeated transurethral resections for obstructive symptoms. This experience suggests that local destruction of prostatic carcinoma can be achieved with little morbidity and mortality. Herein wer discuss the method of cryosurgery, stage and histology or tumor, survival, local recurrence, and complications.