Alternate Methods in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
[Book]
edited by Nicholas A. Romas, E. Darracott Vaughan.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1993
(ix, 205 pages 67 illustrations)
Natural History of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia --;Pathogenesis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia --;Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: Standards and Guidelines --;Assessing Treatment Results for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia --;Urodynamic Assessment of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy --;Transurethral Incision of the Prostate --;Balloon Dilatation of the Prostate --;Prostate Urethral Prostheses --;Prostatic Heat Treatments --;Laser Prostatectomy --?- Adrenergic Blockade in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia --;Flutamide and Aromatase Inhibitors in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy --;Finasteride: A 5?-Reductase Inhibitor.
For many years, patients who complained of prostatism had only a few treatment choices. The patient was either a candidate for an elective prostatectomy, or the operation was deferred until the patient became more symptomatic.
Endocrinology.
Medicine.
Surgery.
RC899
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E358
1993
edited by Nicholas A. Romas, E. Darracott Vaughan.