Transrectal hyperthermia in the benign painful prostate

✍ Scribed by Douglas G. Barnes; Aaron P. Perlmutter; Graham M. Watson

• Book ID: 104654901
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 227 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0724-4983
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00184705

✦ Synopsis

Transrectal hyperthermia was used to treat 11 patients with prostatic pain of benign origin. Temperatures of between 42 ° and 43°C were used during six treatments lasting 60 min each. Pre-treatment flow rates were erratic in nine patients. Following treatment, nine showed significant subjective improvement and one exhibited minimal improvement; this was associated with normalisation of the flow rate pattern in seven of nine cases. The mean peak urinary flow rate increased from 14.7 to 19.1 ml/s. In five subjects the response was maintained for a mean of 12 months. Relapse was associated with a return to an erratic flow pattern showing a reduced peak flow. No complications were experienced.