<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3UIlC1_16jD1H4200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3UIlC1_16jD1H4200" width="2016" height="1512" >EUREKA, Calif., — Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka is marking a major medical milestone with the completion of its 100th Aquablation procedure, a significant advancement in surgical care for men living with enlarged prostates.Aquablation is a minimally invasive robotic procedure used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. The condition is common among older men and, if left untreated, can lead to serious complications including bladder or kidney damage, bladder stones, poor urinary flow and incontinence. St. Joseph Hospital is now equipped with the AquaBeam Robotic System, the first FDA-cleared device that uses a high-speed water jet combined with real-time ultrasound to precisely remove excess prostate tissue.Dr. John Albertini, a urologist at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka, said the technology is especially beneficial for men with larger prostates, a group that previously had limited treatment options close to home. “Aquablation is a newer treatment where it uses real-time imaging with ultrasound and a heat-free water treatment that is very effective at treating specifically larger glands,” Albertini said. “Those men didn’t have a lot of real good options before, and certainly if they did have those options, they would have to travel significant distances to get that treatment.”The program began two and a half years ago after St. Joseph physicians completed extensive training with specialists in the Bay Area and at Stanford. Albertini said the milestone represents both experience and proven results. “As a collective, we’ve done a hundred cases plus more since then,” he said. “It has a track record now. We were some of the first people to adopt this technology, and to really see that it’s been effective in general, people have done extremely well.”He added that Aquablation has provided a new option for patients who previously relied on long-term medications or older surgical methods that were often less effective. “It’s really been an option for men that didn’t have either long-term medicines or other surgical treatments that often either weren’t effective or they would have to come back for treatments,” Albertini said.The hospital celebrated the milestone on Thursday, Nov. 20, with a small celebration and cupcakes. Hospital officials emphasized Aquablation’s lower complication rates, quicker recovery times and improved quality of life for patients.Albertini credited St. Joseph Hospital for investing early in the technology. “We’re fortunate that the hospital had the foresight to go ahead and get into this technology,” he said. “It’s very expensive, but I think it’s been a huge advance for patients, and hopefully we can continue to provide those kinds of services.”-- Report a correction or typo. </div></body>

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EUREKA, Calif., — Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka is marking a major medical milestone with the completion of its 100th Aquablation procedure, a significant advancement in surgical care for men living with enlarged prostates. Aquablation is a minimally invasive robotic procedure used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, or...

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