PAE Trial
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I am scheduled to do a PAE in Mid March. This is going to be done by a radiologists who has done over a thousand embolizations on women and is now venturing on prostates. Unfortunately this is the only option I have for now. Otherwise I have to do a turp or green light surgery. We are eight men selected to do the trial. There is going to be a well know radiologist who has done over 100 PAE's who will be guiding him on this procedure. Out of the eight I am number two in the queue. I am a bit anxious and any opinions are welcome.
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derek76 patrick196
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patrick196 derek76
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it is being done some where in the US, but for some personal reasons, I cannot give out the information.
Patrick
kenneth1955 patrick196
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Steelyburt patrick196
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caringbah patrick196
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Interventional Radiologists are trained and capable of embolising ANY organ in the body. The prostate is just another organ ...it's not like a brain surgeon suddenly deciding to switch to heart surgery.
Their skill ill is in finding the artery that leads to the organ in question then Injecting the pellets and embolising it.
Relax ....plus they're got prostate experienced guys surpervising. My guy didn't have anyone experienced supervising.
mark23925 patrick196
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nealpros mark23925
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If the problem is simply a large prostate, explore PAE and Urolift on the Web, and on this site. Do not let a urologist talk you into a TURP. A turp is done by an interventional radiologist, not a urologist, so no urologist will ever recommend a PAE BECAUSE THEY MAKE NO MONEY ON IT. The turp has awful side effects.
Neal
mark23925 nealpros
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But yes most see so many guys with the same problem; they just get everyone into the same treatment and yeah money is probably way up their as to motivation. Human beings have flaws. I would like to go to Mayo or Case Western.
kenneth1955 nealpros
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caringbah nealpros
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I think you mean a PAE is done by an interventional radiologist.
cheers
caringbah kenneth1955
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It stil involves removal of prostate tissue whereas PAE shrinks the prostate.
They talk about less bleeding wIth TURIS whereas PAE has NO bleeding.,
I would wait to see what the outcomes are for real patients before I decided to go that way. Most of the stuff I saw online was press releases by Olympus.
kenneth1955 caringbah
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nealpros mark23925
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nealpros caringbah
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Neal
robbiekw patrick196
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thanks
Robbie
patrick196 robbiekw
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I havent done it yet. Doing it next week on the 11th.
Thanks
Patrick