Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Description

Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia provides urologists of all levels with a practical, highly clinical guide to the variety of different symptoms and problems concerning the male lower urinary tract, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, one of the conditions that urologists most regularly encounter. Evidence-based throughout and written by the world's leading experts in the topic, it comprehensively reviews the very latest in diagnostics and imaging, patient phenotyping, genetic studies, medical and surgical therapies, and lifestyle management in order to help clinicians best manage their patients. Highlights include chapters on: Alpha-Adrenergic Antagonists for Lower Urinary; Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Phosphodiesterase Type 5 inhibitors for Male LUTS Combination; Medical Therapy for Male LUTS; Open Simple Prostatectomy; Minimally Invasive Therapies; and Monopolar and Bipolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate GreenLight Laser Therapy. Containing pitfall boxes and key points throughout to aid quick and easy understanding of the key information, this excellent book is an essential read for the modern-day urologist.

Contents:

1 Etiology and Pathogenesis
Robert H. Getzenberg and Prakash Kulkarni

2 Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Epidemiology, Correlates and Risk Factors
Raymond C. Rosen and Benjamin N. Breyer

3 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction (LUTD): United States
Christopher P. Filson and John T. Wei

4 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of LUTS/BPH: Europe
Stavros Gravas and Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette

5 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of LUTS/BPH: Primary Care
Matt T. Rosenberg, John Riley and Marty M. Miner

6 Watchful Waiting
Reginald Bruskewitz

7 Alpha-Adrenergic Antagonists for Lower Urinary Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Nathaly Francois, Raunak D. Patel, Kevin T. McVary

8 5 -- Alpha Reductase Inhibitors (5-ARIs)
Claudius, Fullhase and Roberto Soler

9 Anti-muscarinics
Nadir I. Osman and Christopher R. Chapple

10 The use of pde-5 inhibitors in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia
Casey Lythgoe and Kevin T. McVary

11 Combination Medical Therapy for Male LUTS Claus G. Roehrborn

12 Complementary Therapy
Aaron E Katz and Anne Darves-Bornoz

13 Open Simple Prostatectomy
Annika Herlemann, Matthias Oelke and Christian Gratzke

14 Minimally Invasive Therapies
Mauro Gacci, Matteo Salvi and Arcangelo Sebastianelli

15 Holmium Laser Therapy
Peter Gilling

16 GreenLight Laser Therapy
Alexis E. Te and Bilal Chughtai

17 Monopolar and Bipolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
Aaron M. Bernie and Richard Lee