[Symptoms of prostatic hypertrophy: evaluation parameters]

Autor: F, Fanciullacci, A, Tagliabue
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Societa italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica. 67(1)
ISSN: 1124-3562
Popis: To evaluate BPH symptoms many questionnaires have been proposed. The World Health Organisation Consultation on BPH recommended the "AUA-7 questionnaire" to which and additional on the quality of life was added, creating the "International Prostate Symptom score" (I-PSS). In any case, before proposing a surgical therapy, you have to correlate between symptoms, gland size and urodynamics. The only method to accurately evaluate outflow obstruction is pressure/flow study.
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