Prostate Treatment with Aquablation in Paducah, KY
Treating the Prostate with Aquablation® Healthtalks Transcript:
Donald Spicer, MD, Urology
Baptist Health Paducah
Larry Barnard, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois
Donald Spicer, MD: Aquablation treats BPH or benign prostate hyperplasia. Benign prostate hyperplasia is an increased number of normal cells in the prostate. It's a very common problem. Actually, by 50 years old, half of men will have symptoms that are related to BPH, and by the time men get to age 80, over 90% are having complaints about urination secondary to their prostate. The prostate tissue does two things: it can obstruct the urethra and cause changes in the bladder to cause urination symptoms.
There are several options to treat BPH, among them medications and other types of therapy. What Aquablation adds to the picture is a heat-free water jet that's controlled by our robot. It allows us to be very precise about the removal of prostate tissue, but more importantly gives us predictive results with each patient.
Larry Barnard: Dr. Spicer explained it’s like a power washer where it blasts [tissue] away, but it's done in a way that is very controlled.
Donald Spicer, MD: When a new treatment becomes available to us, we want to be able to offer that to our patients. Fortunately, Baptist Health Paducah has allowed us the opportunity to use [advanced] technology that improves patient safety profiles and results. Obviously, as a physician, I'm delighted to have it as an option.
Larry Barnard: The Aquablation has very minimal recovery time. I couldn't be more pleased with it.
