What is PVP  that was talked about= I am new to this and I was told that
this group of people is the best to get answers from= thanks for the
help=huck

I've had BPH for many years. My symptoms are getting to the point that I'm
considering Green light PVP. Any uros recommended in the Tampa-Sarasota area
for this procedure?

"All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance." -- Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon.
Sounds like Edward Gibbon has been reading some of our posts

I've had PSA and Free PSA and hope to avoid a biopsy, which may turn
out to be negative like one I had 4 years ago. What do people think
about color doppler ultrasound as a step towards clarifying the
diagnoisis?

what one is best to be on=My Doctor gave me the choice????? any info will
help me  what one to take= thanks for any info.

I have been on Avodart since October 2005. A month or so ago, I was
diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. My rheumatologist said that he had
experience with other men on prostate medicine who developed rheumatoid
arthritis. I did a little research and found that at the University ...

I had Targis TUMT over a year ago.  Results were marginal.
Flomax and Uroxatral doesn’t agree with me.
Yesterday I went in to see my URO, Jim Fagelson.  Since I have some
plans for the summer I thought about trying PVP this fall.  He took a

Suppose there were suspicion of prostate cancer, but no biopsy yet.
Would you proceed with planned PVP? If there is cancer, is it in a
different section of the prostate outside of the area cored out by PVP?
Would PVP vaporize tissue making cancer diagnosis impossible? Would PVP

The last time I checked the Laserscope site (at least 6 months ago) the
closest PVP doc was 100 miles away.  Checked today out of curiosity and
there are now 8 listed within a 10 mile radius.  Three in one practice, two
in another and 3 without partners.  I don't need it done now ...

Hello: It sounds like Laserscope is the way to go for BPH. Finding a
urologist who has done the 100 recommended procedures seems like a
formidable task. Getting this information from the office staff over
the phone might be a tough job too. I'd hate to have to make and pay

I am wondering if there are others with the same symptoms that I have been
having. I am a 69 year old male with BPH.  My urologist and I are watching.
Have been for almost 7 years or more.  About a year ago I began having a
little burning upon urination.  Most of the time things ...

While the web has lots of information about bph lots of it is simply
copying from other sites or repeating platitudes and dumbing down
complex functions. Some of the following may be dumb too but perhaps
one of the long term posters has some useful web links or further

Any comments on the use of a Holmium laser vs. a KTP laser in an upcoming
BPH surgery?  Patient is 57 years old and, aside from BPH, is in excellent
health.  Prostate is 45g with mild lateral lobe enlargement and very
prominent median lobe.

I'm scheduled to have a PVP in one week. Because I have a large (>100 cc)
prostate, my urologist has suggested starting and ending the operation as a
PVP, but switching to a traditional TURP in the middle, in order to shorten
the operating time. Does anyone have any experience with, ...

Can anyone tell me what this means in terms of one's bladder health?  Is
it only a descriptive term or is there some deeper meaning pertaining to
whether one recovers from frequent urination, need to force urination,
etc?  My recent cystoscopy showed a score of 2 on trabeculation ...