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Written by a private patient at Spire Hartswood Hospital
4th August 2023


really nice man, knows his stuff - confident and has a fantastic sense of humour. Carried out a Holep on my prostrate and i was good to go home the next day. brilliant. Thank you

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Written by a private patient at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital
10th May 2023


I came across Mr Ballaro by chance as the hospital of my original consultant could not accommodate me, and I'm very happy that I did! I saw him on account of advanced BPH (I'm 62 years old and was catheterised as I could not pee). Mr Ballaro explained the details and benefits of HoLEP surgery very clearly and I was admitted within 2 weeks. The procedure was very successful and he followed up on the day and day after, explaining exactly what I would experience. My recovery has been very quick and I can now pee like a fireman - I feel as though I am back to normal life! I've just had my 2-week follow-up consultation and everything seems to be going according to plan. Thank you, you've been amazing, and I could not recommend you highly enough!! :-)

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Written by a NHS patient at King George Hospital
4th February 2023


Very helpful and caring

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Written by a patient at Spire Hartswood Hospital
18th December 2020


Andrew Ballaro recommended Holep surgery,which he performed on me a couple of weeks ago,There has already been a vast improvement and it is still early days .I would certainly recommend Andrew and I trust him ,he listens to what you say and has always got time for you .Thank You Andrew.

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Written by a patient at King George Hospital
11th March 2020


After having had much messing around with enlarged prostate my problem eventually came to the attention of Mr. Ballaro. He talked sense from the moment I walked in the door of his consulting room and agreed that what was needed was a prostate reduction. No more messing around trying different drugs which had little or no effect. I left the consulting room feeling very happy. Then the problems started. The problems were not with Mr. Ballaro but with the admin people in the hospital. I chased for several months to get an appointment for the operation. Got lots of promises but no action. Finally I did get a date and I arrived in the hospital on the appointed day. At the pre op assessment the nurse had told me that I would likely be in the hospital for three or four days after the operation. A friend who had had the TURP procedure a while before told me the same thing. However Mr. Ballaro was using the HOLEP procedure. He had told me that he hoped to use it but it was early days for it in that hospital. As it worked out he used it. As I said I arrived at the hospital in the morning and was operated on in the early afternoon. Someone did say to me that I might be going home the next day but I thought that they were talking rubbish. About six in the morning someone removed the catheter. Mr. Ballaro seemed to have a few students who came along to see how I was doing and to tell me how successful the operation had been. I was discharged shortly after lunchtime. That was on a Monday. By Thursday afternoon I was at a Yoga class. It's a very gentle Yoga class but still a Yoga class. By Friday morning I was happy to drive to the supermarket. Overall I can't speak too highly about Mr. Ballaro. He is someone who is decisive enough to decide what needs to be done and has the skills to do an excellent job. About six months later I was heading from Ilford to the docks at Liverpool. The traffic was atrocious. Five and a half hours for what should have been a four hour journey. I didn't need to stop for the bathroom along the way. Definitely a great success,

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I have been a full time NHS consultant urological surgeon for over 10 years and aim to provide a comprehensive high quality general and sub-specialist service. I deal with the diagnosis and management of all urological problems and have a major surgical interest in the treatment of kidney stones and prostate disease. I perform high volume minimally invasive complex stone surgery and offer a range of surgical procedures for benign prostate enlargement tailored to the patients needs. I teach trainee urologists at all levels and have published widely including the latest edition of the standard medical student textbook ‘Lecture notes in Urology’.