Cryotherapy Procedure for Prostate Cancer

Cryotherapy procedure requires only one day stay in a hospital. The procedure may vary depending on the health of the patient and facilities or expertise in the hospital concern. At the beginning of the procedure, a patient has to empty the bladder of any urine. An intravenous is put in hand or in arm of the patient .Then a doctor decides, whether local anesthesia will be suitable or general anesthesia can be provided. In case of a general anesthesia, a patient is put on ventilator. The heart rate, blood pressure level, blood oxygen levels and breathing of a patient is constantly monitored during the procedure. A soft flexible catheter is put into bladder to drain urine .This catheter is also used to protect the urethra from cold temperature during procedure by moving warm saline through it. At advanced medical faculties, during the procedure, the prostate and nearby tissues can be seen on computer with the help of transrectal ultrasound. Then cryoprobes needles are put into some selected areas between the scrotum and anus. The gas put into these needles freezes the prostate tissue and nearby areas. The frozen area is kept in the same conditions for few minutes and then again it is warmed by putting helium gas through needles. During this phase, a doctor keeps watch on the images to make sure that cancer is being treated. This process of freezing and warming the prostate tissue can be repeated. At the end of the procedures, the needles and transrectal ultrasound are removed but the catheter is left in the bladder. The ventilator is also removed to allow patient to breathe on his own. .

In many hospitals the heart rate, oxygen level, blood pressure level and breathing rate of a patient are monitored continuously after the cyrotherpay.  Some medicine to reduce pain may be prescribed. To remove the risk of   any kind of infection, antibiotics are provided to the patient. At the place of needles insertions, there may be some swelling or bruising, but it will go after some days. Patient may also feel some pain in scrotum area and pain in abdomen and burning sensation during urine passing. This burning sensation urges a patient to go for urination often. The catheter is kept for few days to help urination and give proper time to prostate gland to heal.

In case of any symptom including pain or difficulty  in urination or the need for frequent urination at night, a person has to consult a Urology Doctor in Delhi NCR to know the exact cause behind the pain or burning sensation. The kind of treatment and therapy depends on the stage of prostate cancer and how far it has spread in the body of the patient. The Urologist for Laser Prostate Surgery will decide after testing the samples from the prostate tissue, on the proper therapy for the treatment of prostate tissue.