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J Endourol. 1993 Jun;7(3):255-9.
Review:
transurethral microwave thermotherapy in benign prostatic
hyperplasia.
Devonec M, Tomera K, Perrin P.
Department of Urology, Antiquaille
Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Claude Bernard
University, France.
The transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) method combines
the principles of microwave radiative heating and
conductive cooling to destroy tissue within the prostate while preserving the
other structures of the lower urinary tract. The method is effective in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), as demonstrated by laboratory
and clinical studies. The ease of the 1-hour office treatment, the dramatic
symptomatic improvement and reasonable uroflow rates
that result, the preservation of sexual function, the apparent safety, and the
durability of the result may mean that TUMT will introduce changes in the
management of BPH as dramatic as those brought about in lithiasis
management by ESWL.
Publication Types:
* Review