Prostate Artery Embolization, or PAE, is a procedure where a very small spaghetti sized catheter is placed within the arteries supplying the prostate gland and microparticles are injected in order to decrease the blood supply to the prostate. This injection of microparticles is called embolization, which is a procedure which has been utilized for more than 30 years in the treatment of many medical conditions. The procedure was first pioneered in the United States by Dr. Sande
