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ubbock Urology Clinic symptom relief with low rates of bladder emptying, weak stream,
introduces Aquablation irreversible complications. etc.) due to BPH. It combines real-
Ltherapy, a new, minimally time, multi-dimensional imaging,
invasive, robotic treatment for Lubbock Urology Clinic is proud automated robotic technology,
patients with an enlarged prostate. to be among the first in Lubbock to and heat-free waterjet ablation
offer a solution for men with BPH technology for targeted, controlled,
BPH, or an enlarged prostate, is that provides BPH relief without and immediate removal of prostate
a non-cancerous condition where compromise. Aquablation therapy tissue. Aquablation therapy offers
the prostate has grown to be larger is the next step to furthering our predictable and reproducible
than normal. One in two men, commitment to robotic surgery and outcomes, independent of prostate
ages 51 to 60, have BPH, and the men’s health. anatomy and prostate size.
incidents increase every decade
of life. If left untreated, BPH can Aquablation therapy is a different Aquablation therapy has proven
cause significant health problems, type of treatment for BPH. It is results. In clinical studies,
including irreversible bladder or an advanced, minimally invasive Aquablation therapy has been shown
kidney damage, bladder stones, and treatment that uses the power to provide both best-in-class and
incontinence. of water, delivered with robotic durable symptom relief with low
precision, to provide best-in-class and rates of irreversible complications.
The problem with BPH surgical long-lasting symptom relief with low A study within the Journal of Sexual
treatments today is that they often rates of irreversible complications, Medicine, which surveyed 300 men
force men to tradeoff between regardless of prostate size or shape. living with BPH, revealed 92% of
symptom relief and side effects, respondents expressed an interest
limiting patients to choose between Aquablation therapy is performed in learning more about Aquablation
either a high degree of symptom by the AquaBeam Robotic System, therapy. This data demonstrates the
relief, with high rates of irreversible the first FDA-cleared, surgical robot need within the patient population
complications (such as incontinence, utilizing automated tissue resection to find relief without the tradeoff
erectile dysfunction, or ejaculatory for the treatment of LUTS (hesitancy, between symptoms and side effects.
dysfunction), or low degree of frequency, nocturia, incomplete

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