Main description:

A Comprehensive Guide to the Prostate: Eastern and Western Approaches for Management of BPH provides a multidisciplinary approach to BPH and male voiding dysfunction, presenting comprehensive guidance on management. With an equal focus on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine, and a look at novel technologies, a complete understanding of the BPH disease process is revealed. Abstracts and references in every chapter make the connection between research and practice. Perfect for researchers and urologists, this must-have reference provides what is needed to understand BPH and male voiding dysfunction.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Behavioral Therapies 3. Medical Therapy 4. Eastern Medicine 5. Western Medicine 6. Acupuncture 7. Naturopathic Medicine 8. TURP 9. Plasmakinetic Vaporization 10. 532nm Laser Photoselective Vaporization of Prostate 11. Holmium Enucleation of Prostate 12. Thulium Resection of Prostate 13. Diode Laser Resection of Prostate (980nm) 14. Modern Open Prostatectomy 15. Laparoscopic/Robotic Simple Prostatectomy 16. Transurethral Microwave Therapy 17. Transurethral Needle Ablation 18. Prostatic Tissue Approximation (Urolift) 19. Prostatic Stents 20. Prostatic Artery Embolization 21. Ethanol Injection of Prostate 22. New Technologies