Blog - Raj Ayyagari M.D.

Now Treating Prostate Cancer with Outpatient Ablation!

December 12, 2023

I am happy to announce that I have now partnered with Halo Precision Diagnostics to offer MRI-guided transurethral whole (or partial) gland ablations for prostate cancer using the TULSA device, developed by Profound Medical. This technique was recently featured on the cover of the Journal of Urology. Prostate ablation with TULSA is an outpatient procedure, with excellent treatment success and short recovery times for patients with lower grade disease, for salvage of radiation-recurrent disease, or for any patient seeking a treatment option that has

Find me at Boston Medical Center

October 3, 2023

Hello all, I am very proud to announce that I have started working at Boston Medical Center (BMC) in the South End district of downtown Boston. BMC is the medical institution of Boston University, where I will be appointed as an Associate Professor of Radiology. BMC is the safety net hospital of Boston, and so I have the privilege of being part of a team that provides exceptional care to anyone and everyone Boston, without exception. You can find me

MRI-guided Prostate Cancer Biopsy and Treatment

January 12, 2023

Some articles I have recently contributed to regarding MRI-guided prostate cancer procedures. MRI-guided prostate biopsy is done via a “trans-perineal” route, which mean the needle passes through the skin instead of through the rectum, so the infection risk is much lower. Secondly, the needle is directed to the exact target within the prostate in real time under real imaging guidance, rather than using a combination of educated guesswork and software coordination to target the area. For treatment of prostate cancer,

Fourth in our series of key PAE papers…

December 31, 2022

Having published our data on all of the different aspects of clinical improvement that Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) delivers, we chose next to focus our efforts on making sure PAE gets accepted into the American Urological Association’s BPH treatment guidelines. These guidelines are what almost all major insurance companies use to decide what BPH treatments they will cover. Unfortunately, the AUA BPH treatment guidelines have continued to mis-categorize PAE as “experimental” even though there are now over a decade’s worth

Interesting Case Report

December 30, 2022

Interesting case report we put together about successful non-operative management of a rare but known possible risk of a kidney biopsy. page_kidney.pdf File Size: 1042 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Moving to Boston…

August 15, 2022

Hello again patients and friends, I recently decided to leave my practice at Yale, after 11 rich and rewarding years of treating hundreds of patients with the Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) procedure, and after having built one of the few practices in the world that also performed MRI-guided prostate gland biopsies and MRI-guided prostate cancer ablation procedures. I had a wonderful time there, and really valued the collaboration with my many colleagues in Urology and other specialties at Yale and

Third in our series of key PAE papers…

December 27, 2021

In this paper, we dived into detail about how Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) improves the various components of urinary symptoms caused by BPH. Again, we were privileged to have this published by the top urological sciences journal, “Urology.” voiding_and_storage_domain-specific_symptom_score_outcomes_after_prostate_artery_embolization_for_lower_urinary_tract_symptoms_and_urinary_retention.pdf File Size: 364 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Invited Guest PAE Contributor

December 31, 2020

Was very happy to be invited to contribute 2 manuscripts about the Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) procedure to this special edition of the journal Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology, guest edited by Dr. Shivank Bhatia. Thank you Shivank! clinical_manifestations_imaging_and_patient_selection_for_prostate_artery_embolization.pdf File Size: 1241 kb File Type: pdf Download File current_debates_regarding_optimal_patient_evaluation_and_procedural_technique_for_prostatic_artery_embolization.pdf File Size: 507 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Privileged to Contribute…Research Agenda for PAE

December 31, 2019

I was privileged with an invitation to meet with many of the top Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) operators in the western hemisphere to contribute to our Society of Interventional Radiology’s mission to advancing research about the PAE procedure. development_of_research_agenda_in_prostate_artery_embolization.pdf File Size: 193 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Second in our series of key PAE papers…

December 28, 2019

As promised, here is our second key Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) manuscript. This one describes we achieved in patients with prostate-related bleeding in the urine (hematuria) and urinary retention. This time we published our data in a tip Urology journal (titled “Urology”, appropriately enough). Again, great data from a great procedure! Still more to come… prostatic_artery_embolization_in_non-index_benign_prostatic_hyperplasia_patients.pdf File Size: 721 kb File Type: pdf Download File

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