HIFU { HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND }
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High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU, is a therapy that destroys tissue with rapid heat elevation, which essentially "cooks" the tissue. Ultrasound energy, or sound waves, is focused at a specific location and at that "focal point" the temperature raises to 90 degrees Celsius in a matter of seconds.
What is HIFU?
HIFU, which is short for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, is a state-of-the-art technology acoustic ablation technique that utilizes the power of ultrasound to destroy deep-seated tissue with pinpoint accuracy for treatment of prostate cancer. HIFU focuses sound waves in a targeted area which rapidly increases the temperature in the focal zone causing tissue destruction.
In most cases, HIFU is a 1-4 hour, one-time procedure performed on an out-patient basis under spinal anesthesia. Unlike radiation, HIFU is non-ionizing; this means that HIFU may also be used as a salvage technique if other prostate cancer treatments fail.
Sonablate 500 HIFU, a non operative and non-radiation mode of treating prostate cancer through robotic High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) was introduced at a city hospital.
This is the first such facility in the country.
Launching the Sonablate 500 HIFU in the city on Wednesday, the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, said that this was an innovation in the field of urology. He praised Professor Naren Sanghvi, president of the Focus Surgery, Indianapolis, USA for the new initiative and Dr. Ramesh Ramayya, chief of urology and HIFU services at Pramila hospital, for providing this technology to prostate cancer patients.
"It is interesting to know that in a simple way, this technology replaces the radiation method of treatment," the Chief Minister said.
Dr. Ramesh Ramayya, said: "The technology is minimally invasive, far safer and effective compared to the existing therapy of surgery and radiotherapy," he said.
Among cancers affecting men, the incidence of prostate cancer is the second highest and those above 50 years are most likely to be affected.
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