Optimization of prostatic cryosurgery with multi-cryoprobe based on refrigerant flow

Journal of Thermal Biology
S M Chapal HossainGang Zhao

Abstract

Cryosurgery is a promising novel minimally invasive surgical technique to eradicate carcinoma and non-carcinoma tissues by freezing. In this research, we applied a transient 3D two-phase refrigerant flow model inside the LN2 boiling chamber as well as a bioheat transfer model inside the tissues to evaluate the optimized ablation outcome during prostatic cryosurgery. For the evaluation of the scenarios, a defect function was used that considers non-ablated target tissue (prostate/cancer tissue) as well as ablated healthy tissue, in which the ablated tissue was evaluated using a temperature threshold. Three different configurations using three LN2 cryoprobes were analyzed during the modeling study, and the best configuration with the three LN2 cryoprobes positioned isoscelesly was found. For this configuration, temperature distributions and temperature profiles at specific points within the tissue were investigated numerically. Owing to its low computational cost, the 3D coupled model has an advantage in accurate modeling cryosurgery for curing numerous diseases.

Citations

Aug 14, 2019·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery·Ehsan GolkarCaroline Essert
Nov 18, 2020·International Journal of Hyperthermia : the Official Journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group·Christian RiederTobias Preusser
Jul 28, 2020·Cryobiology·Prashant Srivastava, Amitesh Kumar

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