SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital recently performed the first transurethral ultrasound ablation ... invasive procedure that uses directional ultrasound to produce very high temperatures to ...

It's understood that the procedure has been completed ... including removing part of the prostate gland with a laser, water ablation using the pressure of the water to destroy prostate tissue ...

AA = androgen ablation; D90 = percent of the prescribed dose that ≥90% of the prostate received; EBRT = external beam radiotherapy; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; V100 = percent volume ...

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLU-H) is the first and only hospital in Missouri and the larger Midwest region to perform a new innovative and less-invasive prostate cancer procedure. The ...