BPH, or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is another term for an enlarged prostate. There are several ways to treat these symptoms, including the following:
PAE is a minimally invasive, image-guided procedure (MIIP) to shrink an enlarged prostate to make it easier to pass urine. It works by using special materials to block some of the blood vessels to the prostate. This causes less blood to flow the prostate so that it shrinks over time. The shrunken prostate does not block the flow of urine as much.
For most patients, the prostate will shrink by approximately 20-40% over the 6 months following PAE.
Typically, patients suffering from symptoms due to an enlarged prostate are first treated with medicines. If medicines cannot control the symptoms well enough, other options are surgery or PAE.
Surgery to remove part of the prostate (called a TURP) or all of the prostate (called a prostatectomy) can have side effects, including the following:
PAE is a newer nonsurgical procedure that avoids these side effects.
Up to 80% of men report improvement of symptoms after PAE. They usually notice improvement starting 1-2 months after the procedure.
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