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Dr. Javier A. Felipe-Morales
Urological Surgeon
7335 Drake Road
Cincinnati, OH 45243
LINKS
About Prostate Cancer
Cryotherapy Procedure
Indications &
Possible Complications
Important Facts
& Observations
Analysis of 221 Patients from
2007-2017
New Cryo-Immune
Therapy
Comments /
Questions - Contact Me at jfmbmd@aol.com
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The prostate is a gland located in the
lower pelvis, between the bladder and the penis.
It has an important function in the process of
nutrition and preservation of the sperm by its
secretions.
Cryotherapy is a new minimally invasive
procedure that freezes the prostate to minus 20
to 40 degrees Centigrade (minus 42 degrees
Fahrenheit.) The procedure involves placement of
Cryo-Probe needles inside the prostate that will
allow the passage of Argon gas that will form
ice
inside the prostate, and will cause death to
cancer cells within a few minutes.
The cryotherapy procedure is effective
regardless of the advanced stage of the
localized tumor. This procedure is performed
under general anesthesia and does not involve
any surgical incision. The surgery takes two
hours, followed by 23 hours of patient
observation in the hospital. For more detailed
information about this procedure, please click
on the Cryotherapy Procedure link.
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Dr. Javier A. Felipe-Morales
graduated from the University of Madrid Medical
School, and completed his urological training at
the University of Cincinnati. He was an invited
Fellow in Uro-Oncology at MD Anderson Hospital
in Houston.
He is certified by
the American Board of Urology, past Chair of
Urology of Mercy Hospital MAC, and past senior
urological consultant at St. Elizabeth Hospitals.
Dr. Felipe-Morales has presented at numerous
conferences and has received the best teacher
award from two graduating classes of Family
Practice residents from the
University of Cincinnati.
He introduced
Cryotherapy to Cincinnati in 2007. Using the new
third generation Cryotherapy technique (2005),
Dr. Felipe-Morales has performed more than 225
cases with a 97% success rate, proven by
negative post-Cryotherapy biopsies of the
prostate at six months from the procedure.
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