No
William,
A PAE doesn't cut the prostate - tiny beads are inserted into the arteries that supply blood to the prostate and the tissue gradually dies off. You need to read up on how the PAE is done. There is no material that gets into the urine.
Tom
I agree about the PAE, Tom.
I also don't think prostate tissue can get into the urine stream after the Rezum procedure, but some think that it can. If I'm wrong and a Rezum can produce prostate debris in the urine, I'd like to learn how this happens. Knowledge is power.
Bill
There have been several guys that said they saw pieces of prostate in the urine after Rezum and I thought I've seen guys say the same thing after PAE but not real sure about that. How this happens was my original question and in the case of Rezum and PAE it really hasn't been answered yet so thank you William for keeping this discussion open.
It's quite feasible that the pieces are from the urethra if the urethra has been traumatised in any way. I would imagine a rigid, rather than flexible, cystoscope is used for all prostate ops and so this may cause slight trauma. Any catheter inserted after the op could also be the culprit.
I guess I'm confused. I don't know about Rezum or PAE but it seems to me if you have TURP or GL I don't know how one would NOT get pieces of it in the urinary tract. Surgeons have to go through the urethra to get to the prostate. So, I assume until the integrity of the urethra is healed, the tube transfering the urine out of the body might have some residue for a time.
Bill, When I was in my twenties, the doctor performed a DRE on me and forced prostate fluid out of my penis so it could be examined. Not much of a stretch to think a swollen prostate after a procedure could do the same, but I guess your still not convinced. To see is to believe I guess
As I understand the nature of the prostate gland, it is very reasonable that FLUID can pass from the prostate to the urethra and then out of body.
It is also understandable that bits of the urethra that has been traumatized pass from the body in the urine stream as Grunthos has said. It is also reasonable to think that men who have had a Rezum and experienced material leaving their body would think this urethra material was from the prostate.
My question remains about the pathway for solid material to get into the urine stream after Rezum or, in my estimation even more unlikely, after a PAE. Someone, please explain how this could happen!
Yes Keith I understand how prostate pieces end up in the urine after TURP or GL but still don't see how that can happen with Rezum or PAE.
Pretty sure this was from my prostate.
Timothy , it would be interesting to have a doctor explain what that is and how it got there. Maybe you could ask next time you see him/her
I am 17 days post-TURP and am still seeing occasional debris in my urine. Most are pretty small but a couple have been large enough that I felt them. My doctor said they are scabs coming off, just like if you skinned your knee.