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“While there are other treatment options available for treating BPH, there remains a significant need for much less invasive treatment approaches that can preserve and protect the integrity of the urethra and other critical structures," says Ryan Rhodes.

"Aquablation is versatile. It can manage a very wide range of prostate sizes and shapes," says Stephen Overholser, MD.

A full market release of the HYDROS System is expected within the current quarter.

The guideline includes 38 recommendations on managing incontinence following treatment for localized prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia.

The new Category I code will become effective on January 1, 2026.

"From a learning curve standpoint, there's not much to learn. It tends to be fairly quick in terms of your ability to do the procedure," says Matthew E. Sterling, MD.

“Our results demonstrated that treatment with [the] Optilume BPH procedure resulted in significant symptom relief while still preserving erectile and ejaculatory function,” said Olivia Copelan, MD.

"The results showed the contemporary Aquablation procedural safety in Japanese men is exceptional in a broad range of prostate sizes along with significant symptom reduction," says Nobuyuki Hinata, MD.

iTind is a temporary nitinol device used to treat lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia.

“The UroLift 2 ATC is designed to deliver the same proven effectiveness of the UroLift System, with significant enhancements on a unified UroLift 2 platform,” says Brian Wilkins.

"We really aimed to affect 3 different contraindications and instead achieved retirement of the entire policy, which, we think, really opens up this wonderful technology to literally hundreds of thousands more patients across the country," says Arpeet Shah, MD.

"The ProVee System has the potential to be a first-line interventional therapy for BPH that can be safely and reliably performed in the office setting," says Steven A. Kaplan, MD.

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

All patients had prostates greater than 80 mL and had not responded to prior medication therapy.

The center will offer a comprehensive range of treatments, including prostate artery embolization for men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia with very large prostates.

Support for the NICE recommendation included 5-year results from the WATER trial, which showed that Aquablation had strong efficacy and safety vs transurethral resection of the prostate in patients with BPH.

The inclusion of iTind is reflected in a newly added statement on temporary implanted prostatic devices.

Both the LUTS/BPH and testicular cancer guidelines were updated based on the availability of new literature, as identified through an AUA Update Literature Review process.

"The findings suggest that we may need to view urinary symptoms differently, possibly with an emphasis on earlier treatment,” says Blayne Welk, MD, FRCSC, MSc.

Questions spanned urologic conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, overactive bladder, erectile dysfunction, kidney stones, Peyronie disease, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

In this installment, Kevin Zorn, MD, FRCSC, FACS, highlights his disease-specific practice, BPH Canada, which he designates as a “one-stop shop” for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Aquablation is a “minimally invasive procedure [that] is safe with long-term durability and a low-side effect profile,” said urologist Dennis Bentley, MD.

"The next-generation Optilume BPH Catheter System offers a safe and effective new, minimally invasive treatment for BPH, reducing urinary obstruction with a low rate of sexual or other adverse effects," says Steven A. Kaplan, MD.

Data among patients with follow-up of greater than 48 months demonstrated an IPSS reduction of 45.2% from baseline to 79 months following treatment.

The minimally invasive surgical therapy Optilume was recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to BPH.

Data showed a decrease in patient symptoms following Aquablation procedures, with an average IPSS of 22.6 at baseline compared with 6.8 at 5-year follow-up.

The minimally invasive surgical therapy is approved for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to BPH.

"One of the things that made a difference, at least in my practice, was one of the newer pulse modulated holmium lasers," says Smita De, MD, PhD.

The data were presented at the recent American Urological Association Annual Meeting.

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