Prostate Artery Embolization

[+ poolboy48220]

Anyone gone through this?  It's a procedure for an enlarged prostate that involves injecting tiny plastic balls into the arteries feeding the prostate, to block some of the blood supply and shrink the prostate. My urologist is recommending it as a treatment for frequent urination, I had a consultation this morning. Honestly I'm leaning against it and just living with peeing a lot. I have a gut feel it's not going to help a lot. Looking for anyone who's been through this.

[+ SirBillybob]

Well it doesn’t matter what anecdotal reports come in here because the merits are well reviewed and no two patients are alike. You can search “PAE meta-analysis”.

I have manageable BPH with urination urgency and very infrequent sense of compression at flow outset. I have had no procedures. The programs here, Steinberg Urology and BPH Canada, in fact I think now merged into a quasi-empire that has not yet inducted Radiologists but is pulling in other specialties, seem not to endorse or offer PAE but I think it’s partly a kind of competitive antipathy between Surgical Urology and Interventional Radiology, seemingly not a factor with your Urologist. 

Personally I would likely not pursue PAE unless greater troublesome symptoms or incontinence. I have robust orgasms with no follow-up discomfort.

Edited Thursday at 05:42 PM by SirBillybob