May 11th 2025
Urologist Garrett D. Pohlman, MD, reflects on the benign prostatic hyperplasia offerings from the 2025 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
Dr. Chughtai on why it’s “exciting time" for extracts for BPH and LUTS
August 9th 2022Chughtai was part of an international panel of leading urologists from North America and Europe who published the consensus paper, “Rethinking the Role of Saw Palmetto Extract for Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in North America."
Dr. Nicole Miller discusses her BPH practice
June 20th 2022“I think that there's certainly recognition that HoLEP is a procedure that can be self-taught and learned. But I think the learning curve is significantly shortened if you're mentored and certainly if you're fellowship trained,” says Nicole L. Miller, MD, FACS.
Dr. Palese discusses same-day discharge following transurethral BPH procedures
April 8th 2022“Patients need to understand that even if you tell them that you may be doing this as an ambulatory procedure, they may actually have to stay afterwards, depending on what you find in the operating room or what happens in the postoperative period,” says Michael A. Palese, MD.
Dr. Nickel discusses saw palmetto as a complementary treatment for LUTS
March 11th 2022"We shouldn't outright provide a negative attitude to our patients who are looking for alternatives that [serve as] complementary medicine, [like] herbal or phytotherapeutic agents," says J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC.
Study evaluates same-day discharge for BPH procedures
February 17th 2022“There's no question that many patients [undergoing transurethral BPH surgery] can be done as a same-day ambulatory procedure. But you need to look at the criteria as to who you're going to keep and who you're not going to keep,” says Michael A. Palese, MD.
Dr. Nickel highlights first 2 parts of pivotal review of saw palmetto in BPH
February 2nd 2022“What's interesting in Dr Strum's analysis of these trials is that he not only looked at the English literature, which many of us are familiar with, but he looked at the many studies done in countries that were published in the non-English literature and never found [their] way into any of our analyses,” says J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC.