Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: From Diagnosis to Treatment

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a chronic condition that is more common in older men and it most commonly causes symptoms associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), and LUTS in men with BPH are a major cause of reduced quality of life in older men. Symptoms such as urinary hesitancy, incomplete bladder emptying, dribbling or prolonged urination, nocturia, urinary urgency, including the urge incontinence are common. Understanding the differential diagnosis and ordering appropriate laboratory tests are essential in accurately identifying diagnosis for BPH, which will lead to effective treatment of the disease. Treatment and subsequent management of benign prostatic hyperplasia can be divided into medical or pharmacological therapies and surgical treatment with novel techniques minimally invasive procedures and emerging advances in techniques using the prostate artery embolization approach. The advent of innovative treatment options, and advances in techniques has made it possible for effective treatment options to be available for patients and their clinicians to choose from, and most patients will have a significant improvement in the quality of their lives. Therefore, this book examines the issues in diagnosis and treatment of patients with BPH and evaluates in the details the current and emerging advances and innovations in the diagnostic strategies and treatment techniques that will offer better prognosis - In essence, this book provides detailed evaluations, investigations, reviews, analyses and reports of research advances in the diagnosis and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with a view to informing clinical decisions and better outcomes for patients and their families.