WHAT ARE THE RISKS?

SOME men experience post-embolisation syndrome after surgery, which leaves them feeling lethargic for a few days. It does pass on its own.

THE beads, or particles, may end up in the wrong blood vessels, but this is very rare.

‘PROSTATE artery embolisation treats the underlying cause of benign prostatic hyperplasia,’ says Dr Nigel Hacking, a consultant in interventional radiology at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. PAE is very safe. Only a few cases of the beads going to the wrong place have been reported, and none led to serious consequences.’