Beyond prostate, beyond surgery and beyond urology: The “3Bs” of managing non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men: thinking beyond the prostate.

VOLUME 93 NO. 2 FEBRUARY 2010 Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in men are commonly thought to be related to benign enlargement of the prostate, BPE, a term that replaces the term, BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), which is a pathologic diagnosis. However, LUTS is not exclusive to men, nor is it only related to BPE. More recently, the role of underlying overactive bladder (OAB) has been hig...

Idiopathic cystitis in domestic cats--beyond the lower urinary tract.

Signs of lower urinary tract (LUT) disease in domestic cats can be acute or chronic, and can result from variable combinations of abnormalities within the lumen of the LUT, the parenchyma of the LUT itself, or other organ system(s) that then lead to LUT dysfunction. In the majority of cats with chronic signs of LUT dysfunction, no specific underlying cause can be confirmed after standard clinic...

EAU Guidelines on MANAGEMENT OF NON-NEUROGENIC MALE LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS

Urodynanic Features of Male Patients with Non-neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Hypothesis / aims of study Both in congenital and in acquired neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD), early diagnosis and treatment is essential as irreversible changes may occur, even if the related neuropathological signs may be normal [1]. This proposition is certainly the same for those with non-neurogenic LUTD. The functional classification for motor function of detrusor and sp...

Systematic review of combination drug therapy for non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms.

BACKGROUND Several drugs are approved for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men, but these are mostly used by clinicians as monotherapies. The combination of different compounds, each of which targets a different aspect of LUTS, seems appealing. However, only few clinical trials have evaluated the effects of combination therapies. OBJECTIVE This systematic review analyze...