Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• de la Rosette, J J
• Tubaro, A
• Trucchi, A
• Carter, S S
• Höfner, K

Titel

Changes in pressure-flow parameters in patients treated with transurethral microwave thermotherapy

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of urology, 1995-10, Vol.154 (4), p.1382-1385

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We document changes in pressure-flow study parameters in patients treated by transurethral microwave thermotherapy. Pressure-flow study tracings before and after therapy from 75 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia were analyzed. Patients were stratified according to the predominant type of obstruction at screening (constrictive or obstructive). An improvement in Madsen score and flow rates was noted at 6 months in both groups. In contrast to compressive obstruction patients, however, those with constrictive obstruction also showed significant changes in pressure-flow study parameters, including detrusor pressure at maximum flow, maximum flow rate and urethral resistance factor. Patients with predominantly constrictive obstruction are the best candidates for microwave thermotherapy.