The cold cure for prostate troubles.

=== A bit off topic, but this is kinda interesting. I wonder if we could get
some docs to give this a try for prostatitis patient's....hehe

http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/standard/article.html?in_article_id=150888&in_page_id=173

In the therapy, up to eight slender, two-millimetre diameter cryoprobes are
inserted through a small incision in the skin and placed strategically in
the prostate with the help of computerpositioning software and ultrasound
images.

Thermometer probes are also put into the gland and the surrounding areas are
protected by a sheath and a catheter that circulates warm water.

Inside each probe is liquid argon at a temperature of minus 140 degrees.
When the gas is released, it creates tiny ice balls at the tip of each
probe.

When the ice comes into contact-with the cancerous tissue, it cools it
rapidly - cold enough to kill it. The freezethaw cycle is repeated three
times in a procedure which could also be carried out under local
anaesthetic.

'The freezing is done under computer guidance linked to ultrasound images,
which means that we can very accurately target and monitor what we are
doing,' says consultant urological surgeon, John Davies.

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