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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / December 2003PVP for Canadians...please!
I was wondering if anyone from Canada has ventured south of the border (specifically to Rochester, N.Y.) to get PVP. My urologist gives me two options that are covered by the Ontario Health Plan: TURP and microwave (TUMP?) After reading articles here about PVP, I seems to me to be the way to go. If you have done this, how expensive was it? Did you consider the trip worthwhile? jg Hi John I had a Turp 3 years ago and a PVP on the 11th of NOv. Came home that day with a catheter and had it removed the next day. NO BLEEDING. NO PAIN. Amazing I went to Dr. Paul DiMarco in Rochester. He knows what he is doing.. Good Luck Tom > I was wondering if anyone from Canada has ventured south of the border > (specifically to Rochester, N.Y.) to get PVP. My urologist gives me two [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > jg Tom, I assume you are from Canada. So, can you reveal what the bottom line is for such a procedure for Canadians? Griff > Hi John > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > jg Griff, The 'bottomline' as far as the surgeon is concerned (in Alberta, Canada) ranges from $280 to $472 (Cdn). There are approx 10 standard procedures with the word 'urethral' in them. As I just noted, getting in and doing some serious choppin' and cuttin' is between $250 and $500 for the guy with the knife. -Mel Smith (Claims Submittor) Hi John. I am a Canadian living in Vancouver. Am considering PVP in Seattle. However , the cost is very high around $10,000 U.S. Have decided to wait for the procedure to be introduced into Canada. The urologist that I have talked to here has his head in the sand! Tam Irving. > I was wondering if anyone from Canada has ventured south of the border > (specifically to Rochester, N.Y.) to get PVP. My urologist gives me two [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > jg > Hi John. I am a Canadian living in Vancouver. Am considering PVP in Seattle. > However , the cost is very high around $10,000 U.S. Have decided to wait for > the procedure to be introduced into Canada. The urologist that I have talked > to here has his head in the sand! Tam Irving. Every damn Urologist in Canada seems to have the head-in-sand syndrome! I have talked with about six in Southern Ontario and they all say the same thing: "If it was as good as they say it is, it would be available in Canada by now." Or: "You can't believe what you might read in a Usenet group on the Internet." Or: "Just wait for the initial enthusiasm to wind down and get resplaced with reality." What a load of crap! And they call themselves scientists! Griff John, I have come to the conclusion that Canadian urogologists are more interested in practising their TURP skills than checking out newer and less invasive procedures. I suppose this is only human since they have taken years to acquire surgical skills and are looking for the pay back! Also, as Canadians we are famous for our conservatism. I spoke recently to an American urologist who has started doing PVP after ten years of practising the TURP procedure. He tells me that he doesn't think that he will do any more TURPS after such success with PVP. I wish that I could think of a way to galvanise some action here! Tam. > > Hi John. I am a Canadian living in Vancouver. Am considering PVP in Seattle. > > However , the cost is very high around $10,000 U.S. Have decided to wait for [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Griff "Tam Irving" wrote.. > Hi John. I am a Canadian living in Vancouver. Am considering PVP in Seattle. > However , the cost is very high around $10,000 U.S. Have decided to wait for > the procedure to be introduced into Canada. The urologist that I have talked > to here has his head in the sand! Tam Irving. I heard of an American urologist who relocated to Vancouver a couple years ago. He may be up to date regarding PVP as opposed to his Canadian counterparts? I can't be sure about that however. I don't think PVP is approved yet in Canada. > "Tam Irving" wrote.. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ago. He may be up to date regarding PVP as opposed to his Canadian > counterparts? I can't be sure about that however. > I don't think PVP is approved yet in Canada. Not only is it not approved, most of the doctors I have talked with the past few months have never heard of PVP. They think I am talking about laser surgery and I have to go through a long explanation of what is involved in PVP. The reply is always: "Oh, sorry, never heard of it!" My prediction is that PVP will be introduced in Canada in the year 2010. By that time I will probably be so fed up with my prostate I will have had it surgically removed! Griff |
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