miVIP Surgery Centers 1st to offer Sonablate technology for prostate cancer procedures: 4 takeaways

Los Angeles-based miVIP Surgery Centers is the first in Southern California to offer outpatient treatment with Sonablate for prostate cancer.

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Here are four takeaways:

1. Sonablate is designed to provide high intensity focused ultrasound ablation of the prostate tissue.

2. Sonablate technology has been used globally on nearly 15,000 patients in more than 30 countries.

3. Ashok Kar, MD, successfully performed the center’s first two U.S.-based prostate tissue ablation procedures in December 2015.

4. Dr. Kar has been using Sonablate technology since 2012.

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