ReviewResearch and reports in urology2015
Minimally invasive devices for treating lower urinary tract symptoms in benign prostate hyperplasia: technology update.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Minimally invasive treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Convective radiofrequency water vapour thermal therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Aquablation of the prostate for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of prostate artery embolization on lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical interventions in aging · 2016Pooled it
- Revelations of pancreatic cancer treated by high-intensity focused ultrasound.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- A flexible cystoscopy device prototype for mechanical tissue ablation based on micro-scale hydrodynamic cavitation: Ex vivo and in vivo studies.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2025Article
- Integrated management strategies for benign prostatic hyperplasia.Frontiers in urology · 2025Review
- [Minimally invasive treatment options for the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2021Article
- Emerging clinical applications of high-intensity focused ultrasound.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2019Review
- Update on minimally invasive surgery and benign prostatic hyperplasia.Asian journal of urology · 2018Review
- Oxidative stress and prostatic diseases.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2017Article
- New medical treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia and future perspectives.BMC urology · 2016Review
- Prostate Artery Embolization as a New Treatment for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: Contemporary Status in 2016.Current urology reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) represents a spectrum of related lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The cost of currently recommended medications and the discontinuation rate due to side effects are significant drawbacks limiting their long-term use in clinical practice. Interventional procedures, considered as the definitive treatment for BPH, carry a significant risk of treatment-related complications in frail patients. These issues have contributed to the emergence of new approaches as alternative options to standard therapies. This paper reviews the recent literature regarding the experimental treatments under investigation and presents the currently available experimental devices and techniques used under local anesthesia for the treatment of LUTS/BPH in the vast majority of cases. Devices for delivery of thermal treatment (microwaves, radiofrequency, high-intensity focused ultrasound, and the Rezum system), mechanical devices (prostatic stent and urethral lift), fractionation of prostatic tissue (histotripsy and aquablation), prostate artery embolization, and intraprostatic drugs are discussed. Evidence for the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of these "minimally invasive procedures" is analyzed.
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