Cryosurgery is a technique that uses cold temperatures with cryoprobes to destroy prostatic tissue.
A few key elements in evaluating CSAP relate to the technical skill of the physicians performing the procedure with special attention paid to the skill of the ultrasonographer, the proper selection of patients and to the excellence of the hardware used. CSAP may prove to be helpful in eradicating disease that has escaped beyond the capsule but that is still regional since the freezing process is not limited by the gland capsule. 1 Follow-up data at 3 and 6 months was available for 130 of these patients. Androgen deprivation was used in 114 of the 130 patients for a duration of 2-8 months prior to CSAP and consisted of Flutamide with either Lupron or Zoladex. Mean glandular volume decreased from 29.8 cm 3 to 20.4 cm 3 in patients treated with androgen deprivation.