Water Enucleation of the Prostate

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods and apparatus of treating the prostate. In many embodiments, at least a portion of the prostate is enucleated with a water jet, in order to decrease the invasiveness of the surgery. The access to the prostate can be provided with one or more of open surgical access, percutaneous access, or urethral access. The prostate can be enucleated such that an inner portion of the prostate comprising adenomatous tissue of the prostate is separated from a portion an outer the prostate comprising the capsule. In many embodiments, the patient is treated with energy of the water jet configured to separate the capsule from the inner tissue of the prostate and to inhibit cutting of blood vessels.

主权项

1. A method of at least partially enucleating a prostate, the method comprising:
advancing a probe at least partially into the patient; resecting a urethra of the patient at a first location and a second location with a water jet; and separating an inner tissue of the prostate from a capsule of the prostate with the water jet.