Dr. Arpeet Shah
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Yeah, we do 100% of our resumes in the office. We utilize a combination of local and local anesthesia, just a prostate block and Pronox. which is a patient-controlled delivered anesthetic. The key thing about Pronox is it kind of gets out of your system in a couple minutes after using it.
So we really think it's a drive-in, drive-home procedure, meaning you could drive in, get your BPH procedure, drive home, and
So we really think it's a drive-in, drive-home procedure, meaning you could drive in, get your BPH procedure, drive home, and
So we really think it's a drive-in, drive-home procedure, meaning you could drive in, get your BPH procedure, drive home, and
Specifically for our patient population, where it's difficult for them in terms of getting off from work or, you know, having the support from family necessarily to bring them into the office, this is a really kind of, it's a procedure that really strikes them as an appropriate thing for them.
Specifically for our patient population, where it's difficult for them in terms of getting off from work or, you know, having the support from family necessarily to bring them into the office, this is a really kind of, it's a procedure that really strikes them as an appropriate thing for them.
Specifically for our patient population, where it's difficult for them in terms of getting off from work or, you know, having the support from family necessarily to bring them into the office, this is a really kind of, it's a procedure that really strikes them as an appropriate thing for them.
Yeah. So I'll tell everybody, you know, there's, you know, eight or 10 things we can do from a procedural standpoint for your prostate. Once we get the objective data, we'll bring it down to two or three. And then we talk about it. And, you know, one of the benefits for resume specifically is that it can be done in the office and patients can drive in, drive home. You can do it on blood thinners.
Yeah. So I'll tell everybody, you know, there's, you know, eight or 10 things we can do from a procedural standpoint for your prostate. Once we get the objective data, we'll bring it down to two or three. And then we talk about it. And, you know, one of the benefits for resume specifically is that it can be done in the office and patients can drive in, drive home. You can do it on blood thinners.
Yeah. So I'll tell everybody, you know, there's, you know, eight or 10 things we can do from a procedural standpoint for your prostate. Once we get the objective data, we'll bring it down to two or three. And then we talk about it. And, you know, one of the benefits for resume specifically is that it can be done in the office and patients can drive in, drive home. You can do it on blood thinners.
I think I have done many on blood thinners. They're okay. Done for a variety of prostate sizes and shapes. You know, if you see a median lobe, you don't see a median lobe, it's fine. And the biggest thing is it's reproducible despite surgeon skill, right? We're really utilizing the technology to do the work.
I think I have done many on blood thinners. They're okay. Done for a variety of prostate sizes and shapes. You know, if you see a median lobe, you don't see a median lobe, it's fine. And the biggest thing is it's reproducible despite surgeon skill, right? We're really utilizing the technology to do the work.
I think I have done many on blood thinners. They're okay. Done for a variety of prostate sizes and shapes. You know, if you see a median lobe, you don't see a median lobe, it's fine. And the biggest thing is it's reproducible despite surgeon skill, right? We're really utilizing the technology to do the work.
It's not like, oh, I'm very good at doing terps or he's very good at doing, you know, a simple prostatectomy or whatever the case might be. There's really normalization of surgical skills with resume. And I think that makes it very enticing.
It's not like, oh, I'm very good at doing terps or he's very good at doing, you know, a simple prostatectomy or whatever the case might be. There's really normalization of surgical skills with resume. And I think that makes it very enticing.
It's not like, oh, I'm very good at doing terps or he's very good at doing, you know, a simple prostatectomy or whatever the case might be. There's really normalization of surgical skills with resume. And I think that makes it very enticing.
Typically three days. If a patient's in retention, I leave it in for two weeks. I think one of the complaints about resume from patients and providers is the irritative symptoms that occur afterwards. And they tend to last longer than your other BPH procedures. And that's the truth. They have irritative symptoms that last longer than the average BPH procedure.
Typically three days. If a patient's in retention, I leave it in for two weeks. I think one of the complaints about resume from patients and providers is the irritative symptoms that occur afterwards. And they tend to last longer than your other BPH procedures. And that's the truth. They have irritative symptoms that last longer than the average BPH procedure.
Typically three days. If a patient's in retention, I leave it in for two weeks. I think one of the complaints about resume from patients and providers is the irritative symptoms that occur afterwards. And they tend to last longer than your other BPH procedures. And that's the truth. They have irritative symptoms that last longer than the average BPH procedure.
Patients aren't worried about it if you let them know beforehand. You let them know the day of the procedure. You let them know when the catheter comes out that things are going to get worse before they get better. You know, as a physician, it took a little bit to not have that immediate gratification to see an open cavity. And I took every chance I could in getting a cystoscopy.