Mr. SAAD AL QARANT, a man in his seventies from Saudi Arabia, had long been troubled by incomplete urination and urinary hesitation. Through a friend’s recommendation, he reached out across thousands of miles to Guangzhou Sing May Hospital, expressing a strong willingness to seek treatment and a high level of trust.

Mr. Saad had long suffered from frequent urination and incomplete bladder emptying; he initially thought it was simple benign prostatic hyperplasia, but then sudden hematuria appeared. A PET-CT scan at a local hospital in Saudi Arabia showed nodular abnormalities in the prostate, suspected to be prostate cancer.

The local hospital recommended transurethral resection of the tumor, but the surgery carried risks of impairing male function and causing involuntary urinary leakage. Additionally, Mr. Saad has underlying conditions including hypertension and diabetes, which increased the risks and complexity of the operation.

For Mr. Saad, who has a newlywed wife, this was unacceptable—he did not want to lose his masculinity or live wearing diapers.

At this moment, a medical solution from the East—the DSA-guided tumor embolization procedure—brought hope to Mr. Saad.

Mr. Saad found Guangzhou Sing May Hospital through online tools and traveled alone to Guangzhou.

The interventional radiology team at Sing May Hospital gathered key experts from various departments. Combining traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation therapy, and dietary management with medication to stabilize blood pressure and control blood sugar, they quickly arranged a surgical plan. Fully mindful of religious differences, a dedicated service team was established to provide Mr. Saad with attentive medical care and special dietary accommodations.

Intraoperatively, descending angiography under DSA showed clear tumor staining, with the blood supply coming entirely from the left and right inferior vesical arteries — prostate branches.

DSA-guided selective embolization can achieve a tumor-reducing effect similar to surgical resection for prostate tumors. It not only eliminates the risk of urinary leakage but also increases blood flow through the testicular arteries, potentially improving male function to some extent. After learning about this treatment option, Saad…

The interventional radiology team at Sing May Hospital gathered key experts from various departments. Combining traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation therapy, and dietary management with medication to stabilize blood pressure and control blood sugar, they quickly arranged the surgical plan. Fully mindful of religious differences, a dedicated service team was established to provide him with attentive medical care and special dietary accommodations.

During the surgery, descending angiography under DSA clearly showed the tumor staining, with blood supply from the left and right inferior vesical arteries — prostate branches.

(After the surgery, Saad told the translator, “Very good, thank you to the Chinese doctors.”)

（Initial Blood Supply）

The doctors precisely super-selected these two feeding arteries and blocked them with embolization microspheres. Subsequent angiography showed that the tumor staining was basically halted.

(Blood supply was significantly reduced after embolization.)

We hope this elderly gentleman from afar will return to Saudi Arabia with good treatment outcomes, and we also hope that Sing May Hospital’s medical expertise will raise a special Five-Star Red Flag in the Arab world, conveying the strength and warmth of Chinese medicine.

[DSA, also known as digital subtraction angiography, allows doctors to perform tumor vascular interventional therapy under real-time dynamic guidance. Tumor vascular interventional therapy is a minimally invasive treatment using advanced technology, including transarterial infusion chemotherapy (TAI), transarterial embolization (TAE), and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). It features minimal trauma, quick recovery, and precise targeting, making it especially suitable for patients who have lost the opportunity for surgery or are unfit for surgery.]

Embolization therapy selectively injects embolic agents into tumor blood vessels and feeding arteries through a catheter, blocking the blood supply to the tumor and sealing the tumor vascular bed, thereby inhibiting tumor growth, which is equivalent to "starving" the tumor.

Commonly used embolic agents: gelatin sponge, ultra - liquid lipiodol, sodium alginate microspheres, etc.