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| The Jan/Feb AARP magazine lists Prolieve as an alternative to PVP,
apparently non-surgical. Has anybody had any experience with this, or
thoughts about it? AARP says 60% get relief with this.
Jesse
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| daddyo 2004-12-16, 9:09 am |
| last year I spent some time on the prostate cancer group and I
remember a few postings which stated that radiation therapy for cancer
was not possible on a previously microwaved prostate. Surgery was the
only option. Something to consider if contemplating a microwave job.
richie
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:28:22 -0500, "jay1000"
<jfschonREMoVE@yahoo.com> wrote:
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><utopia1@attglobal.net> wrote in message news:41bb7883_4@news1.prserv.net...
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>"Prolieve™
>Prolieve™ Thermodilatation System is a transurethral microwave thermotherapy
>(TUMT) device that also uses a special balloon catheter to open up (dilate)
>the urethra, as well as microwave energy to heat and destroy enlarged
>prostatic tissue. In this procedure, the balloon catheter is filled with
>warm water. After the temperature of the tissue returns to normal, the
>urethra remains open. Prolieve™, which takes about 45 minutes, is performed
>in a physician’s office under local anesthesia. In a recent study, about 5%
>of patients required catheterization following the procedure. "
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>It has all the advantages and disadvantages of conventional TUMT except for
>a much lower incidence of catheterization. I recall conventional TUMT being
>100% requiring catheterization.
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>Absolutely NG for median-lobe ball-valve BPH. Probably of interest to a
>small sub-set of BPH patients. Might be difficult to locate a uro with lots
>of experience with this procedure.
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