Convective Thermal Therapy: Durable 2-Year Results of Randomized Controlled and Prospective Crossover Studies for Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5686336	The Journal of Urology	2017	53 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Convective radiofrequency water vapor thermal therapy is a minimally invasive office or outpatient procedure that provides early effective symptom relief that remains durable for 2 years and is applicable to the median lobe.

Keywords

I-PSS Qmax IIEF RCT QOL peak urinary flow Quality of life Randomized controlled trial Post-void residual urine GEE per protocol International Index of Erectile Function PVR adverse event Lower urinary tract symptoms Radiofrequency generalized estimating equation LUTS International Prostate Symptom Score Convection Benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH Prostatic hyperplasia Prostate

Related Topics

Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Nephrology

Preview

Convective Thermal Therapy: Durable 2-Year Results of Randomized Controlled and Prospective Crossover Studies for Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Authors

Claus G. Roehrborn, Steven N. Gange, Marc C. Gittelman, Kenneth A. Goldberg, Kalpesh Patel, Neal D. Shore, Richard M. Levin, Michael Rousseau, J. Randolf Beahrs, Jed Kaminetsky, Barrett E. Cowan, Christopher H. Cantrill, Lance A. Mynderse,