PROSTATIC URETHRAL STRICTURES AFTER TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMAL THERAPY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

Authors
SALL M BRUSKEWITZ RC
Citation
M. Sall et Rc. Bruskewitz, PROSTATIC URETHRAL STRICTURES AFTER TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMAL THERAPY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA, Urology, 50(6), 1997, pp. 983-985
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
50
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
983 - 985
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1997)50:6<983:PUSATM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Prostatic urethral strictures are rare. We present 3 cases in a study group of 27 who underwent high energy transurethral microwave therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia. In all 3 cases, midprostatic strictu res with ectopic area proximal to the stricture were seen by cystoscop y. Two of the strictures were urodynamically significant. The most lik ely explanation for their occurrence is direct damage of the prostatic urethra due to ischemia or heat damage of the prostatic urethra. (C) 1997, Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.