Novel drug targets for the pharmacotherapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (bph)

Comprehensive studies show that the holmium laser is ideal for treating BPH. Holmium laser treatments have been the most rigorously investigated BPH techniques. Over 90 articles have been published from 8 randomized clinical trials and over 30 case studies and comparative series. The American, European, British and Australasian urology associations recommend holmium laser for BPH treatment. Hol...

Surgical Options for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

In 1788 John Hunter first described the pathology of prostatic hyperplasia and its effects on the upper urinary tract. It took a century for the first suprapubic prostatectomy to be carried out in 1887 by AF McGill in Leeds (though Americans tend to claim credit to Fuller in New York in 1894.) The procedure was subsequently p o p u l a r i s e d b y S i r Pe t e r F r e ye r . R e t r o p u b i...

Possibilities and Limitations of Phytotherapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Surgical treatment (transurethral resection or open surgical enucleation of the adenoma) of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is still the only curative therapy and therefore the "gold standard" for the treatment of BPH. Other treatment modalities have to be judged according to this standard. Despite all improvements in surgical technique and modern anesthesiology, a perioperative mortality ra...

Risk stratification for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) treatment.

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common cause of bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms. In the past, the aim of drug treatment was to relieve symptoms until surgery became necessary, predominantly using an α-blocker or a 5α-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) as monotherapy. • Together with improving knowledge about the pathogenesis of BPH, there is now strong evidence from large randomized t...

Prostate artery embolization (PAE) for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).