Scwhandyman, this is Steve from Ohio. I read your comment this morning. After thinking it over and doing some more reading and talking with the Urologist office I am going to have the Urolift done. I too was given an option of the Rezum which uses a jet of steam to selectively kill off tissue blocking the urethra. My prostate is also in the 30 + range which is the size the procedure seems to work best for. I based my decision on the fact that the Urolift is the least invasive, least painful, least side effects , no catheter most of the time, causes no sexual dysfunction. I had a lady friend of mine who worked as a surgical nurse for many years and had assisted in TURP operations do some checking up on this procedure. She found some very positive studies that really showed it was effective and also every man was able to get off medication soon after having it. The study was a blind study where they fooled some men into thinking they had the Urolift surgery but really did not, ( you would have to read how they did this it was clever), And the other half did get the surgery and the group that did get it reported real relief from their symptoms. Then the group that did not get the Urolift got the procedure and reported the real differences. The studies all only go back 5 years because that's when Urolift was approved in the US for use. Urolift is prt of the Neotract company a subsidiary of Teleflex, TFX, which is on the Stock exchange if you want to investigate it more. I also contacted Urolift in California and asked then outright if any of these sutures they use have ever broken off. I told them I exercise a lot and bike and lift weights and run and they said that although they didn't test it for every possible exercise none had every broken and caused trouble. If you have an e-mail I'll copy and send you these reports and studies. I guess the only real question is long term will it continue to leave me symptom free ? No one seems to know for sure. I too have not been able to find anyone locally who has had it but my Doctors office said they have done 5 and no one has complained about it. If you go on Urolifts website you can see videos of satisfied men talking about their experiences. My Doctor said that the outer tissue that is compressed could regress or die off a bit keeping the path open and the prostate may slow down it's growth or the growth could be so slow that you may never have to worry about it again. I just decided I would go for the least destructive surgery the first time around and if something more radical is need down the road I'll deal with it later on because the sutures can easily be removed at the time of another surgery. But all the other surgeries seem to a lot more risky. Good Luck I'll be posting my experience for sure. Steve Ohio

That should be cc3 not cm3. Cm3 would really be an enlarged prostate!!