Guidelines on the Treatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS

EAU Guidelines on the Assessment of Non-neurogenic Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms including Benign Prostatic Obstruction.

CONTEXT Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) represent one of the most common clinical complaints in adult men and have multifactorial aetiology. OBJECTIVE To develop European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines on the assessment of men with non-neurogenic LUTS. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A structured literature search on the assessment of non-neurogenic male LUTS was conducted. Articles with ...

Guidelines on Conservative Treatment of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS

Croatian Urologists' Clinical Practice and Compliance with Guidelines in the Management of Non-neurogenic Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

The aim of this study was to assess the Croatian urologists' management of non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and their compliance with the European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines. A cross-sectional survey included 51/179 Croatian urologists. We developed a questionnaire with questions addressing compliance with EAU guidelines. The rate of performing recommended ev...

Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: refocus on your patients.

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men are highly prevalent among those aged >50 yr. Contemporary analyses of claim databases in the Western world have shown that LUTS generate millions of prescriptions and thousands of surgical interventions each year, representing a huge economic burden [1]. Moreover, the field of LUTS management is rapidly evolving due to new drug treatment indications a...

Diagnosis and medical treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in adult men: applying specialist guidelines in clinical practice.

UNLABELLED What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Several sets of comprehensive treatment guidelines (national and international) exist for managing male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), but these are not widely adopted in primary and secondary care, and are not consistently applied across Europe. This paper will improve the consistency of treatment approaches for adult m...