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Treatment of the prostate in Israel

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Last reviewed: 19.11.2021
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Treatment of the prostate in Israel is very popular among almost everyone who has encountered this unpleasant disease. Israeli specialists for the treatment of the disease have developed a large number of techniques. Good efficiency among them is shown by contact radiation therapy, radiotherapy, microinvasive surgeries.

Treatment of the prostate occurs in a complex, with the simultaneous work of several specialists (psychotherapists, urologists, andrologists, sexopathologists). Israeli methods of treating prostate diseases have already proved to be effective and according to statistics about 97% of patients recover completely.

Treatment of prostate cancer in Israel

The treatment of the prostate in Israel, thanks to new methods, almost always yields positive results. Israeli medicine has already established itself as a reliable and effective source of medical services, so for many serious health problems, many prefer Israeli clinics.

Israeli specialists have developed new methods for diagnosis and therapy of prostate tumors. At the initial examination, the specialist establishes the condition of the prostate gland by rectal examination. When changing the size and texture of the prostate, the patient is assigned additional tests and studies (blood test, ultrasound, etc.).

Treatment of prostate adenoma in Israel

Prostate adenoma often begins to develop in men after 30 years. The disease is characterized by a slow course, which is why the symptoms begin to appear after 50 years.

Most of the problems with the prostate gland can be treated and does not lead to a violation of erectile function in men. Adenoma is not a harbinger of cancer and does not increase the likelihood of its development, but serious symptoms (frequent and painful urination, urinary retention, increased risk of urinary infections, etc.) disrupt the patient's life and require mandatory therapy.

Treatment of prostate diseases in Israel is already prescribed, usually for patients with severe symptoms (often in neglected form).

When an adenoma is often used, albfa-blockers (relaxing smooth muscles) - doxazosin, alfuzosin, tamsulosin, etc.

In general, medications ease a patient's condition in a few weeks, but do not reduce the size of the prostate gland and are often part of a comprehensive treatment.

With prostate adenoma, surgical intervention, microwave thermotherapy, transurethral (removal of a part of the prostate by a special instrument through the penis) or laser resection of the prostate gland can be prescribed.

Methods of treating prostate in Israel

The main treatment for the prostate in Israel is surgical intervention, when the affected organ and surrounding tissue are completely removed. Surgeons in Israeli clinics successfully perform surgery to remove the prostate and testes through a small incision in the lower abdomen. During the operation, the specialist takes a small piece of tissue for further research in the laboratory.

The operation to remove the prostate is quite serious, the patient often needs a blood transfusion. After surgical intervention, the patient is given a urethral catheter for three weeks.

After surgery, in almost half the cases, the erectile dysfunction is developing.

Radiotherapy also refers to effective treatment methods that are used by Israeli specialists. Radiotherapy is often used in conjunction with surgical intervention, but in general this method is used as an independent method of therapy.

Radio waves destroy pathological cells in the prostate gland, the course of radiotherapy lasts two months. The main advantage of the method is that the violation of erectile function is observed in 40% of cases, the method allows treating patients with severe somatic pathologies. In addition, radiotherapy as an independent treatment method avoids a difficult rehabilitation period, as in the case of surgical intervention.

The disadvantages of radiotherapy include the need for daily irradiation, and damage to healthy tissue can also occur.

The brachytherapy method is a rather effective method of prostate therapy. The principle of treatment is the introduction of radioactive nuclei into the affected organ (the physician selects the dosage individually). In terms of effectiveness, this method can be equated to surgical intervention, in addition, brachytherapy has virtually no contraindications and does not cause adverse reactions of the body.

Thanks to the introduction of radioactive substances directly into the lesion site, the probability of damage to adjacent tissues is absolutely excluded. Also, no special preparation of the patient is required, and two hours after the procedure the patient can be discharged. Rehabilitation period takes only a week, after which a person can return to his usual life and work.

Tumor of the prostate gland is referred to hormone-dependent and in the treatment of various medications that block sex hormones in men are often prescribed.

As a rule, medications are prescribed as an additional treatment after surgery or other therapies.

Therapy in this or that case is selected by a specialist individually, based on the patient's condition, severity of the disease, age, etc.

Clinics in Israel for prostate treatment

Treatment of the prostate in Israel is carried out by many clinics, the most popular among them is:

  • Herzliya Medical Center
  • clinic Ichilov
  • Assuta Clinic
  • clinic of Elite Medical

Reviews on the treatment of the prostate in Israel

Israeli medicine is at a fairly high level. Specialists have long been successful in treating many serious diseases, in which European medicine is often powerless.

Treatment of the prostate in Israel shows high efficiency, almost all patients of Israeli clinics left the walls of the medical institution completely healthy.

Modern equipment, an individual approach to the patient, new developments in therapy allowed Israeli doctors to raise the survival rate to five years with severe prostate diseases to almost 100%.

Cost of prostate treatment in Israel

Treatment of the prostate in Israel, as a rule, consists of two stages - full diagnostics and individually selected methods of treatment.

The cost of the full course of therapy depends on the additional methods of research and analysis prescribed by a specialist, and also on the chosen course of treatment.

On average, diagnostics will cost from $ 1,000, surgery intervention - from $ 17,000, brachytherapy - from $ 20,000.

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