Chennai, Nov 11:
Kauvery Hospital Radial Road has launched Rezūm Water Vapor Therapy, an advanced minimally invasive surgical option to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) without the need for surgical excision of prostate tissue.
The procedure is being performed under the clinical lead of robotic surgeon and uro-oncologist Dr. Shivraj Barathkumar. Utilizing an endoscopic delivery device, the technique injects saline vapour heated to 103 degrees Celsius directly into obstructive prostate tissue via a fine needle, triggering targeted cellular death (thermal necrosis). The treated tissue is gradually reabsorbed by the body over subsequent weeks, relieving urinary blockages while preserving the internal urethral sphincter and preventing retrograde ejaculation.
Highlighting its clinical efficiency, specialists noted that while conventional surgical interventions like TURP or laser enucleation require 60 to 180 minutes, the thermal vapour injection takes just three to five minutes with minimal intraoperative bleeding. Among those successfully treated was an 80-year-old high-risk cardiac patient suffering from chronic urinary retention; following the intervention, the patient was discharged within 36 hours and successfully resumed natural urination after the removal of a small catheter on the tenth day.