How I do it: Balloon tamponade of prostatic fossa following Aquablation.

Nikolai Aljuri¹, Peter Gilling, Claus Roehrborn

¹PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation, Redwood Shores, California, USA.

Abstract

Since its first report in the 1870s, control of bleeding after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has remained a concern. Foley's initial report of a urinary catheter involved placement of the balloon into the prostatic fossa following TURP. Removal of prostate tissue with a high-velocity saline stream (Aquablation) is a recently reported alternative to TURP. As Aquablation is heat-fre…

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