April 30th 2024
"The results showed the contemporary Aquablation procedural safety in Japanese men is exceptional in a broad range of prostate sizes along with significant symptom reduction," says Nobuyuki Hinata, MD.
Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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How the Experts Treat NMIBC During a BCG Shortage—Integrating Recent Approvals and Investigational Therapies
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Staying Abreast of the Prostate Cancer Treatment Paradigm From Risk Stratification to Adaptive Sequencing Strategies
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Medical Crossfire®: How Will Emerging Data Inform Treatment Planning for Patients With Prostate Cancer in the Community?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Aquablation therapy improves bladder function in patients with BPH
October 16th 2021“What we found was [that] every subgroup, whether they were less than or greater than 100 mLs, or whether they had an obstructive median lobe or didn't have a median lobe, [all] showed significant improvements…regardless of their subcategory,” says Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.
Study assesses the efficacy of Rezum water vapor therapy in treating BPH
October 7th 2021“This study really demonstrates, for one of the first times certainly in the largest cohort of men ever [studied], that Rezum water vapor thermal therapy is a viable option to treat men with very large prostates bigger than 80 mL,” says Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.
Aquablation preserves antegrade ejaculation in men with large prostate glands
October 5th 2021“The majority of treatments out there don't allow the maintenance of ejaculation after surgery, whereas here, we're at 90% for the small glands…[and at] 81% [for] the men who had prostates above 80 grams,” says Naeem Bhojani, MD, FRCSC.
5-year Rezum study results show low rates of erectile and ejaculatory dysfunction
September 23rd 2021In a recent study presented at the 2021 AUA Annual Meeting, Kevin T. McVary, MD, FACS, and co-authors assessed the 5-year outcomes of Rezum water vapor thermal therapy in patients with BPH, specifically focusing on erectile and ejaculatory function.
iTind preserves ejaculatory and erectile function in patients with BPH
September 20th 2021In a study presented at the 2021 AUA annual meeting, Bilal Chughtai, MD, and co-authors implemented the new iTind system, designed to treat patients with LUTS secondary to BPH by implanting the device via a cystoscopic procedure.
Dr. Elterman weighs in on the growing number of BPH treatments available
September 16th 2021“My patient selection process for BPH treatments can be a little bit cumbersome and take time, but that's really because for the first time ever, we have so many different options available to men,” says Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.
Dr. Chughtai discusses advantages of iTind system for BPH-related LUTS
September 14th 2021“What's novel about the iTind system is [that] it's one of the first treatments that [can] be deployed through a flexible cystoscope, as well as the fact that there is no permanent energy or permanent foreign body that's left within the prosthetic urethra,” says Bilal Chughtai, MD.
Large retrospective study identifies racial disparity in surgical management for BPH
August 18th 2021A logistic regression analysis controlling for other major comorbidities, patient age, insurance status, and type of medical therapy found that Black patients were almost 40% less likely than White patients to undergo surgery for BPH.
Prostatic urethral lift gaining on TURP as treatment choice for benign prostatic enlargement/LUTS
August 1st 2021“Urologists tend to be early adopters of new technology. That said, how fast adoption of prostatic urethral lift has been in the urologic community was really impressive,” says Jonathan Shoag, MD.
TURP reimbursement denied due to misinterpretation of parenthetical attached to code
July 8th 2021"Depending on the age of the surgeon, one may be surprised to hear that it was common to perform a vasectomy routinely on patients undergoing a TURP procedure," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.