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PAE TREATMENT for BPH?

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Ribz99
Ribz99

Can anyone recommend a good doctor in the NYC/Northern NJ area for PAE TREATMENT?

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  • gene97713
    gene97713 Ribz99

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    I have read good things about Dr. Bahtia. He is not only the chair of IR at Miami University but a member of Department of Urology faculty. Probably good, and University Clinics accept Medicare insurance, as a rule. Rumors and alleged statements of his assistants that his PAE procedure uses special low level X-ray equipment and radiation dose is comparable to standard fluoroscopy probably are not true. IR is almost always about high doses of x-rays. Somebody on this forum wrote that Dr. Isakson offers PAE for$6500. Sound too low for me. Even Medicare codes approve more than $25,000 for the IR procedures.

    Nowadays patients get PAE around the country, in Australia, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, etc.

    After PAE one typically doesn't need any follow up, unless this is a clinical study, like in . my case. This is not a surgery, and if no mistakes were made during the procedure, no care required afterward. My Dr. Picel or his staff never called ma after my PAE till 3 month and 6 months, when they wanted questionnaires and some tests. So, I won't be concerned if IR doctor didn't follow up. You will know yourself how successful the procedure was. If not, you will have to repeat it or chose something different...

    • MichaelVM7
      MichaelVM7 gene97713

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      Thanks Gene

      Helpful and informative as always

      Bahtia uses radial artery

      Bagla uses femoral

      Any advantages to either?

      What do you feel after PAE?

      pain? pressure? burning?

      one guy said it felt like a golf ball was lodged in his rectum

      I would think there can be many strange sensations given arteries are no longer feeding tissue

      Any IR who's good at PAE in Midwest? MN WI IL MI IN OH?

      I'm a long way from Miami and Alexandria VA

      thanks

    • daryl54162
      daryl54162 MichaelVM7

      Posted

      "Bahtia uses radial artery

      Bagla uses femoral

      Any advantages to either?"

      My IR doctor (scheduled for Aug 6, 2021) told me that they prefer radial artery for patients under 5'10". Healing is faster, and you can get up right away. With the femoral artery you have to keep pressure longer, and not stand up for an extra hour or two. But for taller patients it's hard to reach all the way from the wrist .

      He also advised me that I would feel pretty uncomfortable for a day or a few; almost continual urgency, pain on urination, nocturia. They prescribe drugs to help with all these symptoms.

      Again, I'm just stating what my doctor told me, but he didn't seem to want to give me any false expectations.

  • dantec
    dantec Ribz99

    Posted

    The Dr at Yale, New Haven is Raj Ayyagari.

    I don't have any direct personal experience with him, however.

  • Ribz99
    Ribz99

    Posted

    thank you so much for your effort in getting me the doctors name!

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