Anyone familiar with Dr. Dan Sperling who does FLA in Florida, and I think NJ and NY.

This summer when my BPH problem became critical resulting in severe bladder retention and treating urologists were recommending a TURP, a friend of mine suggest I call Dr. Sperling. My friend had received a FLA treatment for his BPH problem with Dr. Serlimg 8 months before and he was now "peeing like a race horse". I talked with Dr. Sperling's financial office and was informed they do not take third party insurance coverage or Medicare. They would provide billing codes for me to check if my third party carrier would reimburse me. They told me the procedure would cost $20,000 up front.

I subsequently had a 20 minute phone consultation with Dr. Sperling for which he did not charge. I never could get a definitive answer from him about the largest prostate he has done FLA for BPH, but not PC. In my subsequent conversations with noted urologists as I searched for what made sense for me, they told me that while the FDA has approved FLA for PC they have not for BPH. Hence why I suspect Sperling's office advises potential patients they do not take insurance because no carrier would cover it for BPH. Those noted urologists also told me that irrespective of the coverage issue, FLA would not work as well for me as it did for my friend because my friend's prostate was about 60 cc while mine was 170 cc.

I would be interested in hearing whether any men on here have had FLA for BPH on a prostate as large as mine and whether it was successful in resolving their BPH issues. Thank you

I had FLA with Dr. K just over 1 year ago. My experience was similar to many other men here. After removing the catheter, my urine flow gradually improved for about 3 months and stayed that way for the most part. I have noticed a gradual decrease in flow for the past 2 months, but it is still much better than it was before the procedure. I have been completely satisfied with FLA so far. I took myself off tamsulosin about 6 weeks post procedure and have not had to go back on. I did notice that the amount I ejaculate is about half of what it was before, I assume that is due to removal of part of the prostate. I have not seen any other comments about so maybe I am the only patient who experienced this.