key articles
Drug therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with benign prostatic obstruction
Thursday, 21 February 2008 - The relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) caused by benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) has recently gained increasing attention. Both BPO and ED are...
Authors: Gur et
Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Part 1 - diagnosis
Thursday, 21 February 2008 - Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are often considered to be due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or benign prostatic enlargement. However, such symptoms are also common in women and in men...
Authors: Wilt & N'Dow
Transurethral Vapour Resection of Prostate Is a Good Alternative for Prostates >70 g
Sunday, 17 February 2008 - The morbidity associated with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for large-volume prostates has prompted attempts to modify the standard equipment and techniques. Patients with large...
Authors: Gupta et al.
Incontinence related to management of benign prostatic hypertrophy
Tuesday, 5 February 2008 - Male incontinence is a distressing condition affecting a patient's quality of life. Patients with incontinence are characterized with social withdrawal, isolation, and depression and tend to manage...
Authors: Han et al.
Lycopene inhibits disease progression in patients with benign prostate hyperplasia
Tuesday, 29 January 2008 - Lycopene is a promising nutritional component for chemoprevention of prostate cancer (PCa). A possibly beneficial role of lycopene in patients diagnosed with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), who are...
Authors: Schwarz et al.
Holmium laser for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Friday, 25 January 2008 - In a review, Seki and Naito (2008) gave an overview of the current status, while focusing on the surgical techniques associated with the holmium laser for the treatment of benign prostatic...
Authors: Seki & Naito
Open adenomectomy: past, present and future
Friday, 25 January 2008 - Open surgery has been the gold standard for the treatment of benign, symptomatic, large volume prostatic hyperplasia. Recent data series, however, have demonstrated that a minimally invasive approach can...
Authors: Noguera et al.
Translation of benign prostatic hyperplasia guidelines into clinical practice
Thursday, 24 January 2008 -In a review, Gravas et al. (2008) described the current position of clinical practice guidelines for benign prostatic hyperplasia in daily management and identified the potential barriers that may...
Authors: Gravas et al.
Nonablative minimally invasive thermal therapies in the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia
Wednesday, 23 January 2008 - In a review, D'Ancona (2008) discussesed the literature to identify the merits of the so-called minimally invasive treatments and the place they should take in the armamentarium of benign...
Authors: D'Ancona
Greenlight laser in benign prostatic hyperplasia: turning green into gold
Wednesday, 23 January 2008 - In contrast to conventional transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) with many negative side effects, photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) is a minimally invasive treatment that...
Authors: Alivizatos & skolarikos
