AN OPEN STUDY ON THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE IN TREATING SYMPTOMATIC BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXPERIENCE

Autor: Ashutosh Tewari, Scott A. Kahn, Perinchery Narayan, Paul Alphonse
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Urology. 160:1695-1700
ISSN: 1527-3792
0022-5347
Popis: Purpose: We determine the safety and efficacy of transurethral needle ablation of the prostate in patients with moderate to severe symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.Materials and Methods: Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate was performed on 45 consecutive patients. For an average prostate of 2.5 to 3 cm. long treatments were performed in 2 separate planes at 4 quadrants (2, 4, 8 and 10 o'clock positions) each. The 2 planes were 1 cm. below the bladder neck and 1 cm. proximal to the verumontanum. For prostatic urethral lengths longer than 3 cm. a treatment plane was added for each additional centimeter of prostatic urethra. The procedure was performed in 26 patients under local anesthesia using 20 cc 2% intraurethral lidocaine gel (11) or supplemented with intravenous 1.25 to 5 mg. midozolam (15). Of these patients 2 had a supplemental perineal block using a mixture of equal amounts of 15 cc 2% lidocaine without epinephrine and 0.25% bripivacaine, 10 underwent the procedure under g...
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