|Videos|October 19, 2022
Dr. Gill explains the importance of BPH treatment innovations to urology
Author(s)Urology Times staff
“It’s pretty clear that over the past 50 years we've seen innovations in BPH treatment both from the utilization of technology and also from the patient outcome and experience standpoint,” says Bradley Gill, MD, MS.
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Urology Times® is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022. To mark the occasion, we are highlighting 50 of the top innovations and developments that have transformed the field of urology over the past 50 years. In this installment, Bradley Gill, MD, MS discusses the importance of the new wave of minimally invasive BPH treatments for both patients and clinicians. Gill is a urologist with Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic.
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