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Prostate and Bladder Issues: What to do?
Men's Health | Last Active: Mar 8 12:51pm | Replies (163)Comment receiving replies
There is a new procedure called P.A.E. Prostate Artery Embolization.
They don't go through the urethra, they go through the ephemeral artery in the groin or the wrist with a catheter that injects tiny beads into the prostate to cut off part of the blood supply to reduce the size of the prostate. This is performed by an Interventional Radiologist, using x-ray guided imaging to position the beads. I've been reading a lot on this, I'd love to hear from someone who has had this done. I've only seen a couple of non-promotional videos. No sexual problems, retro-ejaculation, incontinence. I have a 99cc prostate and they have has success with prostates larger than mine with the PAE. It's an in-office under light sedation procedure. This is the second time I've posted this and I've had to reset my password here three times.
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Similar to all of you in this email string, I have had difficult prostate symptoms for many years, have a very large prostate, but I have always rejected any drugs except finesteride and certainly reject TURP, despite urologist’s vigorous recommendation of it to me. When I told him of my recent discovery of PAE, he admitted that he was biased against it as a urologist but nevertheless referred me to radiology for assessment. I’m 76 years old, very active, in very good health. For the radiologist, I have answered a series of questions about my symptoms and have had a pelvic CT Scan that looks fine, so I am a good candidate and waiting to hear what’s next from the radiologist. I definitely plan on having the procedure. Will let you know!
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Thanks for posting. I have had the Rezum procedure done recently and am waiting for good news. In the meantime I continue looking around in case I need a backup. How has PAE treated you? How long from the procedure until you were back to normal? What was/is "normal?" Will the prostate be completely gone in time? As an aside, can PAE be a treatment for prostate cancer?