Dr. Dean Elterman shares how to address patients’ top three concerns and what men can realistically expect during recovery. Tune in to learn how we can guide our patients with clear, reassuring steps toward healing.
Transcript:
Well, I think, first of all, a lot of patients, a lot of men have concerns or fears about procedures. And we've done patient preference studies. We've done actually a lot of research, Bulmai.
Looking at what are men concerned about? They're concerned about becoming incontinent.
They're concerned about becoming impotent. They're concerned about having pain.
And if you can really talk to men and understand What are their concerns and then address them. So I think fortunately, most of our BPH procedures are not that painful, right?
It's very rare that we would ever send home someone on very heavy pain medications. Yes, it's uncomfortable. Yes, they'll have dysuria. Catheters are never fun.
But fortunately, with the evolution of technologies and techniques, we don't see a lot of incontinence.
We don't see a lot of pain. And we can talk through men what to expect in the usual course of healing. And so I think that's just really helpful is not that isn't going to be painful. It's more to prepare them about what to expect, what is normal. And then most men will be totally fine as they go through the steps of healing and recovery.