Prostate Mapping (also known as Transperineal template biopsy) is a diagnostic procedure to find out if a patient has prostate cancer to an accuracy of approximately 95%.
Not only does it calculate the risk, it gives accurate information into the positioning, number and grade of the potential tumour.
NICE (National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence) released guidelines regarding the procedure which you can find at the following link.
Mr Gerald Rix
Mr Gerald Rix is a Consultant Urologist at Oaks Hospital specialising in laser prostate treatment, robotic keyhole kidney surgery, stones, urological oncology, general female urology, no- scalpel vasectomy and microsurgical vasectomy reversal.
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Find out moreRamsay Hospital offers Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate or HoLEP. It is a form of laser used to remove blocking tissue from the prostate gland in patients with prostatic symptoms
More than two or three infections a year is viewed as ‘recurrent’ infections. If you are getting lots of infections then some simple tests can exclude any underlying abnormalities that are making them occur more often.
A urethrotomy is an operation to treat a narrowing of the urethra (tube that carries urine from the bladder to the penis).
Will Quince, Conservative MP for Colchester and former Minister of State for Health recently visited Oaks Hospital in Colchester to see how Ramsay Health Care UK is delivering high quality healthcare for local patients.
On Tuesday 30th August Oaks Hospital hosted the official opening of its brand new SACT (Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy) unit, which offers oncology services to patients for a range of specialty areas including skin, gynaecology, urology and breast cancers in the local area.
Oaks Hospital is celebrating after being named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits.