Setting expectations in patients with prostate cancer receiving HIFU

In this video, the second installment of Urology Times® Editorial Consultant J. Brantley Thrasher, MD,’s recent interview with Samuel J. Peretsman, MD, regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound, Peretsman explains what he tells patients undergoing HIFU to expect postoperatively. Dr. Peretsman specifically addresses that “HIFU patients need to understand what they’re gaining and what they’re giving up,” in this very informative discussion.  Dr.Peretsman is with Urology Specialists of the Carolinas in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Dr. Thrasher is executive director of the American Board of Urology.

Watch the video on the Urology Times website by clicking here.