Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Christian Gratzke, MD, explains why an app shows promise for patients with lower urinary tract symptoms.

An approach to WVTT involving 1 treatment per prostate lobe was associated with decreased post-operative complications.

“The differences in patient experience between UroLift System and Rezūm, particularly in terms of early recovery, sexual function, and overall satisfaction, are key considerations for both clinicians and patients selecting a treatment path," says Mark Rochester, MD, FRCS.

The mean change in IPSS from baseline to 3 months was 12.9 in the Aquablation arm vs 13.1 in the LEP arm.

"I would also like us to be able to reliably use even smaller scopes, but keep them efficient," says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

"[Urologists] really need to understand how big the prostate is and how big of a surgery that they're looking at," says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

"I'm always trying new things. I feel like, once you decide that this is the way you have to do it and stick with that forever, that's when you immediately become irrelevant," says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

"You want something that's going to be easy to have done to you, and also have an easy recovery," says Dean S. Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.

"We really try to limit the amount of tissue we resect and what we do in patients who've had radiation," says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

"Sometimes, there is more than a single answer to a question; this certainly applies to patients with benign prostatic disease," writes Gopal H. Badlani, MD.

"What we're really trying to see now is this integration of imaging and using it with respect to AI and planning," says Dean S. Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.

"A lot of shared decision-making has to do with, what is important to the individual man?" says Dean S. Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.

"Despite the fact that multiple new procedures have come to light, nothing has the same excellent outcomes as HoLEP," says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

"I would say the fact that we performed 754 HoLEP procedures in 2024 is a reflection of the efficiency and the high quality of care that you receive at Northwestern," says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

“The patients I find that have the most pronounced benefit are the patients with the very large prostates, or the patients who are catheter dependent with concern for neurogenic or myogenic bladder failure,” says Brendan M. Browne, MD.

The Expander-2 trial is intended to provide data that will support submission of the device for regulatory approval.

"If we synergize our efforts and our energy, as the level of the sea rises, all ships on the sea will rise with it," says Wayne Kuang, MD.

"We also need to understand and remember that drugs are temporizing measures," says Wayne Kuang, MD.

"We are now in the golden era of BPH/BPO for both diagnostics and therapeutics," says Wayne Kuang, MD.

Catch up on all the notable drug and device approvals in urology over the past year.

"We're asking the bladder to come have a seat and to give voice to surgical choice," says Wayne Kuang, MD.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on benign prostatic hyperplasia.

"We're trying to be the coach to our patients," says Wayne Kuang, MD.

"There are only 2 major organs you can't transplant: the brain and the bladder. So let's take care of the bladder," says Wayne Kuang, MD.

"The main benefit, I guess, for Aquablation over TURP, is the fact that the sexual side effects are much better when compared to TURP," says Mohamad Baker Berjaoui, MD.

"I think the precision of Aquablation helps significantly with improving the results," says Mohamad Baker Berjaoui, MD.

"I think [for] the consistency, we can give [a lot of] credit to the fact that Aquablation gives a lot of precision in terms of treating BPH," says Mohamad Baker Berjaoui, MD.

"This study basically [looks at] WATER and WATER II over 5 years' follow-up," says Mohamad Baker Berjaoui, MD.

“Certainly, I think when you have these inherent challenges or biases in the reimbursement aspects, it has to beg the question, does this or how will this impact the future of acquisition or passing down of these newer technologies?” says Kevin C. Zorn, MD, FRCSC, FACS.

"For urologists that are interested in implementing Aquablation into their armamentarium, I am very envious, because anyone who is going to start doing Aquablation now is going to be using the HYDROS System," says Ravi Munver, MD.