OFFICE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

Authors
Citation
Ew. Ramsey, OFFICE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA, Urologic clinics of North America, 25(4), 1998, pp. 571
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
ISSN journal
00940143
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-0143(1998)25:4<571:OTOBPH>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A variety of ''less invasive'' treatment options are available for the management of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Some of these may be appropriate for use in an office-based setting. These in clude transurethral microwave thermotherapy, transurethral needle abla tion, interstitial laser coagulation, transurethral incision of the pr ostate, and stent insertion. Office use will be determined by the abil ity to perform these procedures without the need for spinal or general anesthesia and with minimal anesthetic monitoring. Reasonable costs a nd durability of outcomes are crucial to the acceptance of the new dev ices.