Morphological and biological predictors for treatment outcome of transurethral microwave thermotherapy.

Abstract:

:The proliferation of prostatic tissue as a result of ageing typically leads to prostatic enlargement, which often causes obstruction of urine outflow from the bladder, clinically lower urinary tract symptoms, detrusor instability, incomplete bladder emptying, urinary infection, and finally acute urinary retention. The first approach to therapy depending on the severity of the symptoms is usually medical management (phytotherapy, alpha-blockers, 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors) before surgical procedures are performed. The reference standard for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is transurethral resection of the prostate, although the introduction of minimally invasive alternatives such as transurethral microwave thermotherapy has led to a new era in surgical management. Suitable patients must be selected carefully on the basis of individual parameters that predict a favourable result.

journal_name

Curr Opin Urol

authors

Seitz C,Djavan B,Marberger M

doi

10.1097/00042307-200201000-00006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-01-01 00:00:00

pages

25-32

issue

1

eissn

0963-0643

issn

1473-6586

journal_volume

12

pub_type

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