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A male patient underwent aquablation therapy to treat symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph).Procept biorobotics corporation (procept) became aware that the patient developed sepsis, requiring medical intervention.It was reported that during the second treatment pass of aquablation, the aspiration tube became clogged on the aquabeam handpiece, and the surgeon elected to convert the procedure to transurethral resection of the prostate (turp).Additional information obtained indicated that the patient's bladder wall was injured during the aquablation procedure, but no perforation was observed.As a result of the sepsis, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit (icu) for treatment, then transferred to the urology ward, and eventually recovered.The exact cause of the sepsis remains unknown.
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