>>VIC MICOLUCCI: A RELATIVELY NEW TREATMENT FOR MEN STRUGGLING WITH ENLARGED
PROSTATE, SITS NOW GETTING
NATIONAL ATTENTION AND SOME OF
THE FIRST TESTS FOR THIS WERE
DONE RIGHT HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE, ENLARGED
PROSTATE, A VERY COMMON AMONG
MEN, ESPECIALLY AS THEY GET
OLDER. HARVARD STATISTICS SHOW
BY AGE 60 HALF OF ALL MEN WILL
HAVE AN ENLARGED PROSTATE AND
MORE THAN 3 MILLION MEN ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH IT. EVERY
SINGLE YEAR. LET’S BRING IN
DOCTOR ALI BECAUSE RYAN WITH
KUZ RYAN UROLOGY JOINING US
LIVE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU
FOR COMING IN FOR THIS IS VERY
INTERESTING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, BUT IT HAS ROOTS HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE. IT IS PART
PROCEDURE THAT TALK ABOUT
THAT. WE’RE VERY FORTUNATE TO
BE AMONG THE FIRST CASES IN
THE IN THE COUNTRY THAT WERE
DONE OUTSIDE OF CLINICAL
TRIALS. AND NOW WE’VE WE’VE
ACCRUED ABOUT IT FOR YOUR
EXPERIENCE. AND ALMOST 100
PATIENTS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WE’VE DONE
THIS PROCEDURE CALLED THE
OCCUPATION OR THE AQUA
THERAPY, WHICH IS A VERY
INTERESTING, VERY MINIMALLY
INVASIVE, TAKING CARE OF BPH,
ANOTHER PROCESS, REGARDLESS OF
THE SIZE OF THE PROSTATE
REGARDS OF THE SHAPE OF THE
PROSTATE AND MOST PATIENTS GO
HOME THE NEXT DAY, AS YOU SEE
HERE IN THE VIDEO USE A
COMBINATION OF AN OFFICE ON
WHICH LOOKS FROM OUTSIDE INTO
LOOK AT THE MEASUREMENTS OF
THE SIZE OF THE PROSTATE. AND
THEN AT THAT SILVER THING YOU
SEE THERE’S ASSISTANCE COPE,
WHICH IS A TELESCOPIC CAMERA
AND THOSE IN THERE AND HAS
ASSOCIATE WITH A WATER JET.
THEY CAN VERY PRECISELY AND
VERY ACCURATELY WITHOUT HEAT
OR OR OR PAINFUL ENERGY OPEN
UP THE PROCESS SECTION THAT
OUT. SO SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN DELAYING THERAPIES
BECAUSE THEY’RE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SIDE
EFFECTS OF MORE CONVENTIONAL
THERAPIES CAN TAKE CARE OF
SOMETHING THAT’S BOTHERING HIM
FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH. AND
IT’S KIND OF HARD YOU KNOW,
FOR US NON-MEDICAL PEOPLE TO
SEE WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING
HERE. BUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM
HAVE DONE THIS SUCCESSFULLY.
ABSOLUTELY THE WAY TO THINK
ABOUT BPH, WHICH IS BENIGN
PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IS THINK
THE PROCESS HAS AN ORANGE. SHE
GOT THE OUTSIDE RYAN OF THE OF
THE FRUIT TYPICALLY IS WHERE
PROSTATE CANCER LIVES, THE
MIDDLE OF THIS FRUIT PORTION
DOES NOT CONTAIN CANCER, BUT A
LOT OF TIMES GROWS LIKE YOU’RE
MENTIONED BEFORE IN A LARGE
NUMBER OF MEN TO OBSTRUCT AND
PUT PRESSURE ON THE URETHRA.
SO YOUR NATION BECOMES
DIFFICULT. WHAT THE TYPICAL
PROCEDURES ARE LIKE. THAT WAS
CLASSIC ONE THAT YOU ARE PEAS
GOING WITH A SPOON AND CARVING
OUT THE FRUIT HERE USING A
WATER JET TO VERY PRECISELY
OPEN UP THE PORTION OF THE
POSSE THAT YOU’VE USED AN
OFFICE ON THE PLANNED VERY
PRECISELY VERY ACCURATELY, A
VERY REPRODUCIBLE. YES. SO
CERTAINLY YOU’RE BEING LIKE A
MEDICAL PLUMBER. JUST DRIVING
IS THAT MOST UROLOGY AS SOME
FORM PLUMBING OF THE HUMAN
SYSTEM. RIGHT. SO LET’S TALK
ABOUT THIS. LET’S LOOK AT THE
BIG PICTURE HERE. ONE OF THE
SIGNS OF AN ENLARGED PROSTATE.
WHEN SHOULD YOU GO TALK TO
SOMEONE LIKE YOU AT
ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU THINK
ABOUT US HERE NATION ISSUES.
SO IF YOU THINK OF OF THAT
FRUIT OF THE THE MIDDLE
PORTION OF THE PROCESS, THAT
BP BLOCKING THE URETHRA. YOU
MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH A WEAKER
STREAM. YOU MAY FEEL LIKE
YOU’RE STRAINING TO PUSH YOU
MEASURE. THEY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE
NOT THE LATTER COMPLETELY.
ALSO, IT MAY HAVE EFFECTS ON
THE BLADDER IS FILLING. YOU
MAY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE GOING
MORE FREQUENTLY MAY GET AN
URGE TO RUSH TO THE BATHROOM
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN
COMBINATION CAN BE RELATED TO
YOUR BLADDERS RESPONSE TO
PROCESS THIS ENLARGEMENT. AND
THERE’S SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST
TYPICALLY WRITE OFF THOSE
SYMPTOMS. I DON’T NEED TO DEAL
WITH THIS. ALL WORRY ABOUT IT
LATER. I’M TOO BUSY. LOT OF
PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THIS WITH AGE
AND THEY DON’T WANT TO THEY
JUST ASSUME ACCEPTED. HOWEVER,
RIGHT NOW, VERY SIMPLE
EVALUATIONS THAT WE CAN DO IN
THE CLINIC SETTING TO SEE
WHAT’S GOING ON VERY
PRECISELY, VERY ACCURATELY IN
THIS TREATMENT HAS BEEN VERY,
VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE
AQUAMATION AQUA THERAPY TO
TAKE CARE PROCESS REGARDLESS
OF THE SIZE OR THE MIDDLE
PORTION. THIS STUDY THAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT A 5 YEAR
EXPERIENCE FOR THIS, WHICH
SHOWS THAT COMMIT COMPARED TO
MORE CONVENTIONAL STANDARD OF
CARE THERAPY IS YOU HAVE
BETTER OUTCOMES, CONTINUED
OUTCOMES THAT ARE MAINTAINED
LOWER RETREAT, MAN RACE,
INCLUDING USE OF MEDICATIONS,
HAND PATIENT’S SYMPTOMS. LIKE
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE. AND
ALSO WE MEASURE THE FORCE OF
THEIR STREAM. IT’S MUCH, MUCH,
MUCH BETTER ABOUT 3 TIMES
BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
YEAH, MUCH BETTER QUALITY OF
LIFE. ABSOLUTE SIMPLE THINGS
LIKE THAT THAT JUST MAKE YOUR
LIFE A LOT BETTER. ACTUALLY,
THE WAY YOU WANT TO THINK
ABOUT THIS IS IT WILL BOTHER
THE MAJORITY OF COMPONENT AND
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BOTHERED
BY THE NOW. THIS MINIMALLY
INVASIVE THERAPY CALL
AQUAMATION DOESN’T USE HEAT.
IT’S VERY PRECISE AND
ACCURATE. USING ROBOTIC
TECHNOLOGY THAT THE SURGEON
PLANS BASED ON YOUR VERY
SPECIFIC ANATOMY USING AN
OFFICE ON THE LOOK IN THE
BLADDER AND THAT’S VERY
INNOVATIVE. ONE OF THE UNIQUE
PARTS OF THIS PROCEDURE. WE’RE
VERY LUCKY TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND FINALLY, IF PEOPLE THINK
THAT THEY MIGHT BE A CANDIDATE
FOR THEY REACH OUT TO THEIR
DOCTOR WHAT DO THEY NEED TO
ASK? AND IS IT GOING TO BE
COVERED BY INSURANCE? SO
MEDICARE COVERS THIS NOW. AND
SO A MAJORITY OF THE
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE PAY SOME
DON’T. BUT THERE’S A WHOLE
TEAM BETWEEN US AND THAT THE
TEAM OF THE COMPANY PROCE AT
THE OCCUPATION TEAM THAT TRIES
TO MAKE SURE THAT COVERAGE IS
OBTAINED WHEN HE’S ABLE TO.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: TALK TO YOUR
DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR YOUR NATION
ISSUES. AND ONE THING TO THINK
ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE WAS SETS
IT APART. THE MAJORITY OF THE
PATIENTS THAT UNDERGO AN OCHO.
BUT CAN PRESERVE EXTERNALLY
JACK ELATION, SOME OF THE
OTHER THERAPIES THAT YOU DO
FOR OPENING UP THAT PROSTATE
CHANNEL SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE
THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTERNAL
JACK ELATION AND THIS AND THAT
BIG 5 YEAR STUDY, ALMOST 90%
OF PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO CUT TO
MAINTAIN DIRECTIONS. NO
INCONTINENCE ISSUES. AND MOST
PEOPLE WENT OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY. ALL
RIGHT, DOCTOR ALI COMES RYAN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE