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Enucleation is appropriate for the vast majority of patients with BPH, but certain patient profiles—including prior radiation, significant neurologic conditions, morbid obesity, and dementia—warrant caution or referral to specialists, whereas the most consistent technical failure among surgeons past their learning curve is inadequate apical tissue removal driven by discomfort with sphincter proximity, according to Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

The FDA's proposed narrowing of the testosterone therapy prostate cancer contraindication to metastatic disease only reflects current clinical evidence, opening the door to testosterone therapy in appropriately selected men with treated localized prostate cancer or on active surveillance, with shared decision-making and PSA-testosterone co-monitoring as the foundation of responsible care, as Helen L. Bernie, DO, MPH, outlines in this interview.

Break Wave lithotripsy's real-time ultrasound visualization of cavitation and its low-energy resonant frequency delivery mechanistically reduce the risk of renal hematoma and arrhythmia seen with conventional shock wave lithotripsy, while the boundaries of stone size, Hounsfield unit thresholds, and patient anatomy eligible for treatment remain to be defined in commercial practice, according to Ben H. Chew, MD, MSc, FRCSC.