Hellerstein specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of urologic diseases with an emphasis on minimally invasive techniques for all urologic conditions. His practice includes the full range of male and female urologic health and wellness issues, from physical fitness to sexual health, from general strategies to specific tactics to enable patients to get the most appropriate care.
His urology practice is open to adult patients over 18 years of age. Hellerstein also specializes in offering medical and surgical treatments for the following: Bladder control Bladder cancer Kidney cancer Prostate cancer Treatment options include Lupron injections, radiation seeds and surgery. Second Opinion Second opinions on complex urological cases are available.
Some patients have found re-assurance in their first urologist, while others value Dr. Hellerstein's comprehensive and informative consultation. If you or your loved one has an enlarged prostate, then you know it can cause discomfort and affect your quality of life. The prostate is shaped similar to a doughnut and the tube that drains the bladder goes through the hole of the doughnut.
As the prostate grows, it squeezes on the tube causing a slow stream, incomplete emptying, straining to get the stream started, dribbling and getting up at night to urinate. Before Prostatron, many patients have surgery for BPH. Prostate surgery involves general or spinal anesthesia, a hospital stay, possible blood transfusion and the risk of causing incontinence and impotence. Prostate medications and herbal remedies may have side effects or may not work consistently.
Until now, there were no alternatives. At St. Hellerstein personally performs the Prostatron treatment, which takes about an hour, on an outpatient basis with a computer-controlled medical system that delivers microwave energy to targeted areas of the enlarged prostate. This energy heats excess prostate tissue under careful monitoring and surrounding tissue is protected by a patented cooling system. The tube called a vas which drains sperm from the testicle is cut, thus interrupting the flow of sperm from the testicle to the outside.
