Benign Conditions

professor and vice chair of urology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a co–editor in chief for 

Articles

In this interview, Alexis E. Te, MD, discusses the evolution of LUTS treatment, what primary care providers should include in their evaluation when seeing a patient with LUTS, and how he selects treatments for patients with BPH.

Expert pointers on BPH evaluation and treatment

"Retreatment is the new buzz word and is very controversial, as parameters keep changing," writes Gopal H. Badlani, MD.

Treating a man with benign prostatic disease requires complex decision-making

Tadfin is a once-daily capsule that combines 5 mg of tadalafil (Cialis) with 5 mg of finasteride (Proscar).

FDA accepts application for tadalafil/finasteride combo capsule for BPH

Benjamin P. Saylor is associate editor of Urology Times, an Advanstar Communications publication.

The test can help clinician determine whether a second procedure would be of benefit to a patient.

UroCuff makes it easier to assess bladder function in patients with BPH

Wayne Kuznar is a contributor to Urology Times.

There were also no reports of sexual dysfunction related to device or procedure and no reported cases of sustained de novo erectile dysfunction at 5 years.

Water vapor thermal therapy for BPH sustains efficacy at 5 years

The Optilume drug-coated balloon catheter system is used to treat patients with lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Efficacy of drug-coated balloon catheter for BPH sustained at 1-year follow-up

Podcasts

The study encompassed the prostatic urethral lift (UroLift), water vapor thermal therapy (Rezum), and temporary implantable nitinol device (iTIND).

Study: New BPH treatments demonstrate efficacy

 is compliance officer and medical director of coding and reimbursement, United Urology Group and Chesapeake Urology, in Towson, Maryland.

Mark Painter is CEO of PRS Urology SC in Denver.

"Placing a catheter to irrigate obstructing blood clots (CPT 51700) is specifically included in the payment for the TURP if this complication is managed outside of an operating room," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

Is it appropriate to bill 51700 for urinary retention 2 weeks after TURP?  

Medical necessity must be documented on the chart in order to bill code.

Can CPT code 51798 be billed as part of a TURP?

Videos

“The take-home message is that for the appropriate patient, each of [these] technologies works well,” says Richard K. Lee, MD, MBA.

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