Importance of Prostatic Sonography in the Evaluation of Conservative Therapy of Prostatic Hyperplasia
| Autor: | H. Knönagel, J.-L. Fehr |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male
Clinical Trials as Topic medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Urology Prostate Prostatic Hyperplasia Middle Aged Hyperplasia urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors Pharmacotherapy Double-Blind Method medicine Humans Ultrasonography business Aged |
| Zdroj: | Urologia Internationalis. 45:231-233 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0399 0042-1138 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000281713 |
| Popis: | Drug therapy using an alpha-reductase inhibitor is being conducted in 23 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), hopefully resulting in a decrease in prostatic volume. Suprapubic ultrasonography determination of prostatic size has proven to be a reliable parameter of the disease course. In 142 evaluated ultrasonic measurements, a maximum deviation of +/- 7% for the diameter and +/- 13% for the volume was established. Therefore a change in volume after drug therapy of BPH can only be considered significant if a decrease in volume is 15% or more. |
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