PREOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS

You have selected treatment of your enlarged prostate with the
administration of microwave energy. This will be delivered via a
specially constructed catheter ("rubber" tube passed down your
urethra -penis channel.) This procedure is performed in the Day
Surgery Unit. You will not be "put to sleep" for this procedure. You
will receive medication to help with the discomfort so that you can
relax for the thirty (30) minute procedure.

On the morning of the procedure, before coming to the hospital, you
will need to evacuate your colon with a Fleets enema. This can be
obtained over the counter at your local drugstore. You will also be
given a prescription for an oral antibiotic and a non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory medication. Please obtain the medicines as
prescribed. If your insurance formulary plan does not cover these
medicines, please pay for them "out of pocket." There are only a
few pills required, and they have been selected because of their
superior benefit for this procedure.

You will need to abstain from all food and drink two hours prior to
your posted time of TUMT. You will need to have someone to drive
you home from the procedure. You will need to be familiar with
self-catheterization (passage of a rubber tube up your urethra -penis
channel) if that should become necessary after the procedure due
to transient urinary retention.
You will need to abstain from "blood thinners" including aspirin
several days
prior to the procedure. Make sure that if you are taking such
medications, you have informed us well in advance. Similarly, if you
have a pacemaker, we need to be informed.

If you should have further questions concerning this procedure,
prior to calling us, we suggest that you visit the website of the
manufacturer of the technology we are using at
http://www.urologix.com/html/cooledthermo.htm, or call the toll free
number 1-800-475-1403.

It is important prior to going into this procedure that you realize
postoperatively there will be a period of urinary urgency,
frequency, and burning with possible urinary retention as the
prostate which has received microwave energy swells and
ultimately shrinks. You will receive postoperative instructions
concerning your self-management.

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