TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS IN GOOD AND POOR RESPONDERS
β Scribed by Yoichi Ami; Akito Terai; Hiroyuki Onishi; Kenji Oishi; Hideo Takeuchi; Osamu Yoshida
- Book ID
- 108976009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0919-8172
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The effectiveness of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) for BPH has been confirmed. To identify the characteristics of the ideal candidate, retrospective analysis and morphometric study of prostatic tissue were performed. Forty-two patients with symptomatic BPH were included in the study;
## Background: Nothing is yet known of possible endocrine effects of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (tumt) or of possible influence of endocrine status on the result of thermotherapy. ## Methods: Serum levels of testosterone (t), shbg, estradiol, lh, and psh were measured in 48 men with bp