Dr Zaid Aldin 2023-08-30 Person 5 5 0

I was suffering from an enlarged prostate which eventually caused complete retention of urine in the bladder. I discussed possible treatments with the Urology Dept. at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow,Essex and was referred to Dr Aldrin for a Prostatic Embolisation. I met Dr Aldrin and he talked me through he procedure clearly pointing out the advantages compared with other possible procedures e.g. TERPs. PB is non-invasive, aches to the prostate is via a catheter inserted into either an artery in the wrist or groin. Using x-ray technology the catheter is tracked to the prostate artery. Plastic granules are then injected into the blood vessel at the prostate to cut off the blood supply. In a very high proportion of cases this results in the prostate reducing in size and the symptoms resulting from the enlarged prostate squeezing on the urethra are reduced. I had the procedure was carried out on 23 May this year by Dr Aldrin and his team. I only required a local anaesthetic and the operation took about 3 hours. There was no pain during the operation other than back ache from lying flat and still, but this was relieved with a mild pain killer. After an hour in recovery I was went home. I felt tired for a couple of days and had some soreness at night - again this was relieved with a prescribed pain killer. By the end of three weeks I could see a marked improvement in bladder function and urine flow. Now, after three months the improvement is remarkable - all the symptoms of enlarged prostate I had have disappeared - no getting up in the night, no extreme urgency to urinate and the worry that the very painful condition of retention has gone. All this achieved with no 'invasive surgery' and the minimum of discomfort. Dr aldrin and his team were superb in carrying out the procedure and in the care I was given with everything explained. I highly recommend that anyone with similar issues to those I had give serious consideration to this procedure.