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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / January 2004PVP in Scotland
I think I read on this group that PVP is available at Dundee and Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There is confusion up here between PVP and the other laser procedures. The latter are available (and not recommended by the group) but the nearest PVP will be Newcastle. I understand Newcastle is not yet up and running. Got this information direct from sales at Laserscope in the last couple of days. Derry > I think I read on this group that PVP is available at Dundee and > Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There is confusion up [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Derry When I had the appointment with the urologist in Edinburgh he did not seem to know what I was talking about when I first mentioned PVP Laserscope. He then said that the only way to deal with BPH was by a TURP whether it was the traditional way or by using a laser. We then seemed to be on the same wavelength :-) and he said that It was being done in Dundee and that he could refer me there if they would accept me. When I produced the Laserscope CD he knew what it was and he said that he had viewed it (I left the disk with him to pass on to any of his colleagues who needed convincing) Since writing to him on December 7th to confirm that I wanted to be referred to Dundee I have had no response. The only other laser operation that I have heard of in the UK is the Gyrus KPVP version. http://www.everestmedical.com/# Derek. >> I think I read on this group that PVP is available at >> Dundee and Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > http://www.everestmedical.com/# > Derek. That sounds like par for the course though you are lucky to have found a urologist north of the border who has even looked at the Laserscope information and CD! I have data sheets on KTP/532 laser (High-Power Potassium- titanyl-phosphate) and Nd:YAG laser and, of course, PVP, from Laserscope. But I must confess I find the whole scenario re:laser surgery very confusing and tend to concern myself about the technical differences on a "need to know" basis! Patrick is your man for that stuff. Do make sure you get the genuine PVP. My uro would have been delighted to have referred me to either Dundee or Edinburgh but at that time Muir was the only one doing PVP's in the UK so there was no possibility of confusion. Derry If it was Trevor Thompson "with a p as in urology", I left him a copy of the Laserscope CD about a year ago. I have since got a urologist in Dumfries to refer me to Mr Nawrocki at Haywards Heath where I am scheduled to have the procedure this Thursday, 08/01/04. Tom > > I think I read on this group that PVP is available at Dundee and > > Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There is confusion up [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > http://www.everestmedical.com/# > Derek. > If it was Trevor Thompson "with a p as in urology", I left > him a copy of the Laserscope CD about a year ago. I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tom Good luck with the op, Tom. Expect to be reading of your success here shortly. Derry > I think I read on this group that PVP is available at Dundee and > Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There is confusion up [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Derry From what I can gather there are two places to have a PVP in the UK, from Muir at Kings College and in from Tim Larner and colleagues at Nuffield Hospital Haywards Heath. (The latter is cheaper if you go privately.) I'm now scheduled to have the op on 24th Feb. and so am reading the post-PVP messages on this group very carefully! Regards, Gary >> I think I read on this group that PVP is available at >> Dundee and Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Regards, > Gary Gary, Laserscope tell me that the following hospitals in the UK have purchased machines: King's College Hospital Haywards Heath Derriford Nuffield Haywards Heath Wellington London Lister London Freeman Newcastle That is the list as stated to me with the comment that "At the year end there will be seven sites in the UK with access to the system". The names above add up to seven but it seems to me there may be some duplication. They "expect to add another 10 sites within 4/5 months" -- but that is a sales projection. Derry > >> I think I read on this group that PVP is available at > >> Dundee and Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > Derry The Derriford is a NHS hospital in Plymouth. The Lister and Wellington are private London hospitals. Gordon Muir is the consultant at the Lister as well as Kings College. Derek. > > I think I read on this group that PVP is available at Dundee and > > Edinburgh, UK. I'm afraid that is not so. There is confusion up [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Regards, > Gary What tests did they do at your initial appointment? Derek. "Derek F" <lordpilrig@NOX.btinternet.com> wrote in message news: > What tests did they do at your initial appointment? > Derek. Mr. Larner did a flow rate test, then ultrasound to determine how much residual urine was in my bladder, then an up-the-bum examination. Then I went for a PSA test as he was worried that if my PSA was too high and I had cancer too it wouldn't be sensible to do a PVP first and a radical prostatectomy later! I'm sure I don't have cancer, but will face that prospect later. Since then I've had some more blood tests at my GP surgery which I think are to make sure I won't react badly to the anaesthetic. Gary |
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