Complications of an enlarged prostate can include:

• Urinary retention: Patient suffering from prostate enragement might need a a tube (catheter) inserted into the bladder to drain the urine. While some patients with an enlarged prostate may be advised surgery to relieve sudden inability to urinate.
• Urinary tract infections (UTIs): Inability to fully empty the bladder can increase the risk of infection in your urinary tract. If UTIs occur frequently, you might need surgery to remove part of the prostate.
• Bladder stones: Bladder stones occur in men who have inability to completely empty the bladder. Bladder stones can cause infection, bladder irritation, blood in the urine and obstruction of urine flow.
• Bladder damage: A bladder that hasn't emptied completely can stretch and weaken over time. Therefore, bladder’s muscular wall no longer contracts properly, and make it harder to fully empty your bladder.
• Kidney damage: Pressure in the bladder due to urinary retention can directly damage the kidneys or allow bladder infections to reach the kidneys.

Acute urinary retention and kidney damage can be serious health threats to a person having enraged prostate.

Having an enlarged prostate is not believed to increase your risk of developing prostate cancer.

Some potential advantages of PAE include:

• No hospitalization required. Patients are normally allowed to go back to home three hours after the procedure. The most common surgical treatment option for BPH, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), requires up to two months of downtime and multiple nights spent in the hospital.
• As a nonsurgical procedure, patients who undergo PAE can enjoy a lower risk of complications.
• A small incision is made in the thigh or wrist. Patients experience minimal discomfort during the procedure.
• PAE procedure need no general anesthesia. It needs mild sedation.
• PAE patients can expect a much quicker and more comfortable recovery alongside their improved symptoms.
• PAE can be performed on any size of enlarged prostate.
• Few reported side effects.
• Success rate is about more than 98%.

As the prostate gets bigger, it constrict or partly block the urethra (Urine pipe), causing following symptoms such as:

• Urinary incontinence ( Urine leaking to complete loss of bladder control)
• Irritation during passing urine.
• Increased urinary frequency, urgency, and pain upon urination
• For some patients, these symptoms interfere with their quality of life.

• PAE is performed without any surgery by an experienced interventional radiologist like Dr.Sheorain.
• A Urinary catheter may be inserted into your urethra.
• PAE is performed through a small catheter inserted into the artery in your wrist or groin.
• Angiography is done to map the blood vessels feeding your prostate.
• Specilist like Dr.Sheorain will then guide the catheter into the vessels that supply blood to your prostate.
• Small particles aka microspheres are injected through the catheter into the blood vessels that go to your prostate to reduce its blood supply.
• After this procedure the prostate gland will shrink over time, relieving and improving symptoms usually within days of the procedure.

• The PAE or Embolization procedure has a very very lower risk of urinary incontinence and sexual side effects (retrograde ejaculation or erectile dysfunction), when compared with more invasive surgical procedures such as a TURP aka TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate.
• There is No risk of Blood loss.
• No need to long stay in hospital.