Aquablation Treatment for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: Current Standardized Procedure

Kevin C Zorn; Dean Elterman; Ricardo Gonzalez; Thorsten Bach; Lewis Kriteman; Ryan Pickens; Rahul Mehan; Craig Comiter; Enrique Rijo; Neil Barber; Vincent Misrai; Bilal Chughtai; Mitch Humphreys; Lori Lerner; Brian Helfand; Alex Te; Steve Kaplan; Naeem Bhojani

doi:10.1089/end.2022.0439

Aquablation Treatment for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: Current Standardized Procedure

J Endourol. 2022 Sep;36(S2):S1-S5. doi: 10.1089/end.2022.0439.

Authors

Kevin C Zorn¹, Dean Elterman², Ricardo Gonzalez³, Thorsten Bach⁴, Lewis Kriteman⁵, Ryan Pickens⁶, Rahul Mehan⁷, Craig Comiter⁸, Enrique Rijo⁹, Neil Barber¹⁰, Vincent Misrai¹¹, Bilal Chughtai¹², Mitch Humphreys¹³, Lori Lerner¹⁴, Brian Helfand¹⁵, Alex Te¹⁶, Steve Kaplan¹⁷, Naeem Bhojani¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
² Department of Urology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Urology, Houston Metro Urology, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Urology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Georgia Urology, Roswell, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, UTMCK, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
⁷ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, East Valley Urology Center, Mesa, Arizona, USA.
⁸ Department of Urology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
⁹ Department of Urology, Hospital Quiron Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁰ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley, United Kingdom.
¹¹ Department of Urology, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.
¹² Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
¹³ Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
¹⁴ Section of Urology, VA Boston Healthcare System, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Urology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Urology, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
¹⁷ Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

PMID: 36154459
DOI: 10.1089/end.2022.0439

Abstract

The following video Atlas summary reviews all technical elements of the standardized setup, robotic execution, aquablation procedure, and hemostasis for efficient rapid benign prostate hyperplasia treatment.

Keywords: BPH; aquablation; robotics.

MeSH terms

Ablation Techniques* / methods
Humans
Hyperplasia / pathology
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms* / surgery
Male
Prostate / pathology
Prostate / surgery
Prostatic Hyperplasia* / pathology
Transurethral Resection of Prostate* / methods
Treatment Outcome