Prostate artery embolization

[60s_surfer]

If anyone here has experience with a BPH treatement called prostate artery embolization, I would appreciate hearing from them. My prostate has gotten larger over the years and my urologist tells me it is time for surgical intervention. His first recommendation was TURP, which sounded painful and has sexual consequence such as retrograde ejaculation. I found information in one of the Harvard Medical Center newsletters about prostate artery embolization. This is a relatively new procedure where an interventional radiologist guides a small catheter into the femoral artery and then into the prostate artery. The prostate artery is then partially blocked with tiny beads, which starves the prostate cells and caused the prostate to shrink. Using the search function on Franktalk, I found a post by one man who had this done and it significantly reduced his BPH problems. It takes about a month for the prostate to respond. I would appreciate hearing from anyone else here who has had this procedure. Did it work for you? Were there unanticipated side effects?

[Wiggles123]

Hi. I have not had the procedure you speak of, but I did have a Rezum procedure done. This procedure uses micro-blasts of super heated steam into the inner capsule of the prostate (the part of the prostate that does not have sexual nerves and causes BPH). This procedure takes 10 minutes under laughing gas, hurts like a %$@$#@, but in 2 to 3 months your body absorbs the killed tissue and shrinks the prostate dramatically. I now pee better than when I was 20 - full stream. The great thing is much less possibility of retrograde ejaculation.

Very glad had it done, and can be done again down the road if ever needed.

[tomas1]

Nice testimonial Wiggles, I may ask my URO about it, but I'm sure he'd prefer Eurolift.
For some reason, I don't want Eurolift.