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Semin Perioper Nurs
; 10(1): 17-23, 2001 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15129501
RESUMO
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is a medical condition causing obstructive urinary symptoms that will inevitably affect the majority of the male population. Treatments for BPH have traditionally included invasive surgical intervention to resect a portion of the prostate as a relief of obstructive symptoms or medications that act in several ways to open the urinary channel and relieve symptoms. A new, less invasive treatment for BPH has now been developed and approved. Transurethral microwave therapy is discussed in this article. A case study is presented.