{"id":3481,"date":"2021-11-26T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiagobilhim.pt\/embolizacao-prostatica\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:20:29","slug":"prostatic-artery-embolization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tiagobilhim.pt\/en\/prostatic-artery-embolization\/","title":{"rendered":"Prostatic Artery Embolization"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prostatic Artery Embolization<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

What is prostatic embolization?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>

Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)<\/strong> treatment is a new application of a long-known technology used in Medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Effectively, embolization is successfully performed for over half a century. The innovation was using this treatment technique in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a micro-invasive technique that allows the relief of the urinary tract symptoms in patients with BPH, with good results in the short, medium, and long term.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Its goal is to partially interrupt the blood circulation that irrigates the prostate, allowing the relief of the lower urinary tract symptomatology associated with BPH, as well as the reduction of the prostate size.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a minimally invasive technique, performed under local anesthesia, painless, and it is an outpatient treatment, with no blood loss<\/strong>. A small hole of 1.5 mm-diameter is made on the groin or wrist, and a small plastic tube, the catheter, is inserted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon monitoring by a sophisticated digital X-ray device, the catheter is headed to the prostatic arteries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Small-sized embolic particles, like sand grains, are then injected into the prostatic arteries, clogging parts of the branches that irrigate the prostate, sparing, however, the penis arteries, for the patient to maintain the erectile function.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The technique usually takes 1 to 2 hours to be done<\/strong>. The patient is conscious during the procedure and can even see it on the monitor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When the embolization is done, the catheter is removed. We performed manual compression for 10 minutes and place a small compressive patch, which must be kept until the next morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The patient can stand and walk to urinate two hours after the embolization. The hospital stay lasts only a few hours and the patient is usually discharged on the same day<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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How is the recovery after the prostatic embolization?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Most patients don\u2019t feel any pain after embolization treatment<\/strong>. The recovery room is in a room next to the angiography room, where the embolization was performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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If the vascular access is on the groin<\/strong>, a patch is placed, and you must remain in bed for 4 hours until you can start walking again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The patient recovers in a room for 4 hours. Usually, patients don\u2019t feel pain and can be discharged from the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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If the vascular access to place the catheter is on the left wrist<\/strong>, at the end of the embolization you get a bracelet and you can walk freely in the room while you recover from the intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

How is the recovery after the prostatic embolization?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Prostatic<\/span><\/div>
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Most patients don\u2019t feel any pain after embolization treatment<\/strong>. The recovery room is in a room next to the angiography room, where the embolization was performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prostatic<\/span><\/div>
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If the vascular access is on the groin<\/strong>, a patch is placed, and you must remain in bed for 4 hours until you can start walking again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The patient recovers in a room for 4 hours. Usually, patients don\u2019t feel pain and can be discharged from the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prostatic<\/span><\/div>
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If the vascular access to place the catheter is on the left wrist<\/strong>, at the end of the embolization you get a bracelet and you can walk freely in the room while you recover from the intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

How is the recovery after the prostatic embolization?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Prostatic<\/span><\/div>
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Most patients don\u2019t feel any pain after embolization treatment<\/strong>. The recovery room is in a room next to the angiography room, where the embolization was performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prostatic<\/span><\/div>
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If the vascular access is on the groin<\/strong>, a patch is placed, and you must remain in bed for 4 hours until you can start walking again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The patient recovers in a room for 4 hours. Usually, patients don\u2019t feel pain and can be discharged from the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prostatic<\/span><\/div>
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If the vascular access to place the catheter is on the left wrist<\/strong>, at the end of the embolization you get a bracelet and you can walk freely in the room while you recover from the intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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