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Hello guys, this forum has been useful to me as I think through my options. Nothing's guaranteed, but urolift appears most least risky, for the time being anyway. I'm joining the forum because the urology practice I've been seeing (here in Santa Cruz California) has just started doing the procedure. As with any even minimally invasive procedure, experience counts and a track record is essential... and this is still a new treatment. So I'm trying to figure out how to find the most experienced providers and how to assess their track record. Not knowing my way around this world, I am tempted to just try to get into the Mayo clinic in Arizona, based on their general reputation... but it would be good to have some sense of the lay of the land... So I would be grateful if anyone could point me to a resource that offers that sort of data (eg, number of procedures done over time, complaints, outcome data...?) or at least shared personal knowledge along those lines... thanks!
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Rayluca10 paul1844
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JerseyUrology paul1844
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It's not a perfect indicator, but if you go to the urolift website (you can't put links here), you can click on "find a physician"; choose one that is part of a "Center of Excellence", meaning that they have very high volumes and meet certain quality parameters.
Rayluca10 JerseyUrology
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Could you please tell me I had to go for cystoscope the nurse and doctor made it extremely uncomfortable I mean brutal pain I need another one can you be put under for this procedure? I'm willing to pay if insurance don't cover
BobbyT Rayluca10
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JerseyUrology Rayluca10
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Absolutely you can have anesthesia for a cystoscopy; there's no reason why the insurance wouldn't cover that. No reason to have it done awake unless you want it that way.
kenneth1955 Rayluca10
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jimjames Rayluca10
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Hi Ray,
Curious if you know if they used a flexible or rigid cystoscope? A rigid is barbaric without being put to sleep, and I know that first hand! Most people tolerate the flexible very well, but many doctors offer the option to be put under, although it may require doing it in the hospital. I forgot if I had medicare or not when I was offered that option, but I assume it's covered if the doctor wants to do it that way.
Jim
jimjames JerseyUrology
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Hi JerseyUro,
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but your answer sounded like you normally do flexible cystoscopies under anethsia, or are you just saying that it's a patient option? My understanding is that they are normally only done with a numbing agent, and most people tolerate them very well.
Jim
JerseyUrology jimjames
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Flexible cystoscopy usually isn't too bad, and we will often do awake.
For men who do not wish to be awake, we use anesthesia.
jimjames JerseyUrology
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Curious about how long a flex cystoscopy usually takes. Not the prep, numbing, etc, but about how long it takes from the time you enter the urethra until you pull the scope out?
I was awake for my flexible investigating bladder cancer, and the doctor seemed in and out in just a couple of minutes. And he not only had to check out my bladder but a large diverticulum as well, and hopefully look for strictures and prostate architecture such as medican lobe as I had requested.
Also, if I remember correctly, there was a large video screen he looked at. Are these procedures generally recorded and saved, so they can be reviewed at a future time, as for example in getting a second opinion?
Jim
JerseyUrology jimjames
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jimjames JerseyUrology
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@JerseyUro "The procedure generally takes around 1 minute for someone who is experienced."
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Well, I guess he was "experienced"
He was in and out and out of the room so fast that by the time I got my list of questions out of my pocket he was out of the room and with another patient!
Jim
jimjames paul1844
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MichaelVM7 paul1844
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Paul
If you don't mind, what factors are leading you to consider Urolift?
Would you be willing to share more, such as your prostate size, IPSS, symptoms, etc.?
This forum has a lot of information. In fact, I never heard of PAE, FLA or Urolift until coming here.
Wish you all the best. Glean wisdom from the men here who've been through the battle.
Michael
BobbyT paul1844
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