Comparative results of cryoablation and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in the treatment of localized prostate cancer.

AIM: To evaluate early prostate cancer cryoablation functional and oncological results in comparison with results of extraperitoneoscopic radical prostatectomy.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

We analyzed early results of surgical treatment of 285 patients with prostate cancer: 42 of them had undergone total cryoablation (Group 1) while the rest of them had been treated by radical laparo- and extraperitoneoscopic prostatectomy. For comparative assessment of prostate cryoablation results, 42 patients from Group 2 randomized in accordance with their age, stage of disease, Gleason, prostate-specific antigen, and prostate volume were selected. In compliance with the results of pre-surgical examination, all the patients had low oncological risk and were not concerned in sexual function. Volume of prostate was from 22 to 65 cm3, prostate-specific antigen level was from 4.1 to 10 ng/mL, and level of neoplastic process differentiation using Gleason grading system was from 6 to 7a (3 + 4) scores.

RESULTS

Patients after prostate cryoablation in early post-surgical period felt lower intensity of postoperative pain compared with those who had undergone prostatectomy. Follow-up period up to 12 months manifested significant true reduction of prostate-specific antigen level in both groups of patients. Frequency of stress-induced enuresis in Group 1 was not observed.

CONCLUSION

Radical prostatectomy is still the traditional treatment of choice in the case of localized prostate cancer. But we can draw the conclusion that cryoablation is an effective low-invasive method for treatment of low oncological risk patients, which gives the opportunity both to achieve good oncological results and to preserve high life quality.