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Physicians included in the SpaceOAR™ Hydrogel Center of Excellence program have achieved a high degree of experience with SpaceOAR™ Hydrogel*. The clinical and therapy development requirements to achieve SpaceOAR™ Hydrogel Center of Excellence designation are as follows and must be met on an annual basis to maintain Center of Excellence designation:

Clinical requirements

• The physician must complete SpaceOAR Hydrogel training to become a certified applier.
• The physician must complete 75 SpaceOAR Hydrogel cases in one year.
• The physician must submit de-identified data from a minimum of 25 patients measuring the amount of space created by the hydrogel at mid-line. The mean average of space created must be between 0.8 and 1.2 cm.

Therapy development requirements¹

• The physician’s primary practice must maintain their website with current and accurate education information on prostate cancer and available treatments, including SpaceOAR Hydrogel.
• The physician must complete a quarterly therapy review with a Boston Scientific representative to include review of de-identified patient outcomes and best practices.

In order to maintain designation, physicians must meet all requirements on an annual basis. The physician must also deliver educational programs on prostate cancer and treatment options two times a year.

This website is compiled by Boston Scientific (“BSC”) as a reference tool for locating or identifying certain physicians. The physicians included in this database are those who have used and are familiar with SpaceOAR Hydrogel. This database may not include all physicians that use or have used BSC’s products. Similarly, this database does not include all physicians who practice in the field of Prostate Cancer. No physician has been paid or received a fee to be included in our database.

BSC does not verify or monitor the license, credentials, accreditations or qualifications of any physician listed in the database, and is not responsible for the medical advice of the physicians included in this database. BSC is not responsible and shall not be liable to you or others for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on this information obtained from this database.

Inclusion of a physician in the database does not mean that BSC endorses or recommends such physician. Similarly, the fact that a physician is not included in the database does not mean that physician is not qualified.

The results are provided by proximity when searching by zip code.

*Includes SpaceOAR™ Hydrogel and SpaceOAR Vue™ Hydrogel

1. At physician’s expense.

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Results from case studies are not necessarily predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.

SpaceOAR Hydrogel is intended to temporarily move the rectal wall away from the prostate during the course of radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer, and in creating this space is is the intent of SpaceOAR Hydrogel to reduce the radiation dose affecting the rectum.

SpaceOAR Hydrogel contains polyethelene glycol (PEG). As with any medical treatment, there are some risks involved with the use of SpaceOAR Hydrogel. Potential complications associated with SpaceOAR Hydrogel include, but are not limited to: pain associated with SpaceOAR Hydrogel injection; pain or discomfort associated with SpaceOAR Hydrogel; needle penetration of the bladder, prostate, rectal wall, rectum or urethra; injection of SpaceOAR Hydrogel into the bladder, prostate, rectal wall, rectum or urethra; local inflammatory reactions; infection; injection of air, fluid or SpaceOAR Hydrogel intravascularly; urinary retention; rectal mucosal damage, ulcers, necrosis; bleeding; and rectal urgency. Please talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits associated with the SpaceOAR Hydrogel.