Treatment options for enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), may include the following:
- Medical
- Watchful waiting
- Medications (e.g., alpha blockers)
- Prostatic stents
- Minimally invasive treatments (thermotherapy)
- Laser (e.g., non-contact, contact, interstitial types)
- Microwave (e.g., TUMT)
- Other thermotherapies (e.g., Prostiva™ RF therapy [previously known as TUNA])
- Surgical treatments
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
- Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP)
- Prostatectomy
- Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP)
- Transurethral ultrasound-guided laser incision of the prostate (TULIP)
- Alternative treatments
- Nutrition
- Supplements
- Herbal remedies
- Hydrotherapy
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Original Date of Publication: 10 Jun 1998
Reviewed by: Stanley J. Swierzewski, III, M.D.
Last Reviewed:
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)/Enlarged Prostate, Treatments reprinted with permission from urologychannel.com
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