Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia provides urologists of all levels with a practical, highly clinical guide to the variety of different symptoms and problems concerning the male lower urinary tract, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, one of the conditions that urologists most regularly encounter.Evidence-based throughout and written by the world's leading experts in the topic, it comprehensively reviews the very latest in diagnostics and imaging, patient phenotyping, genetic studies, medical and surgical therapies, and lifestyle management in order to help clinicians best manage their patients.Highlights include chapters on:* Alpha-Adrenergic Antagonists for Lower Urinary Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia* Phosphodiesterase Type 5 inhibitors for Male LUTS* Combination Medical Therapy for Male LUTS* Open Simple Prostatectomy* Minimally Invasive Therapies* Monopolar and Bipolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate* GreenLight Laser TherapyContaining pitfall boxes and key points throughout to aid quick and easy understanding of the key information, this excellent book is an essential read for the modern-day urologist.

Contributors, vii1 Etiology and Pathogenesis, 1Robert H. Getzenberg & Prakash Kulkarni2 Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia:Epidemiology, Correlates, and Risk Factors, 10Raymond C. Rosen & Benjamin N. Breyer3 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary TractDysfunction: United States, 22Christopher P. Filson & John T. Wei4 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary TractSymptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Europe, 37Stavros Gravas & Jean J. M. C. H. de la Rosette5 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary TractSymptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Primary Care, 47Matt T. Rosenberg, John B. Riley & Marty M. Miner6 Watchful Waiting, 59Reginald Bruskewitz7 alpha-Adrenergic Antagonists for Lower Urinary SymptomsSecondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, 70Nathaly François, Raunak D. Patel & Kevin T.McVary8 5alpha-Reductase Inhibitors, 90Claudius Füllhase & Roberto Soler9 Antimuscarinics, 100Nadir I. Osman & Christopher R. Chapple10 The Use of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors in theTreatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due to Benign ProstaticHyperplasia, 113Casey Lythgoe & Kevin T. McVary11 Combination Medical Therapy for Male Lower Urinary TractSymptoms, 129Claus G. Roehrborn12 Complementary Therapy, 154Aaron E. Katz & Anne Darves-Bornoz13 Open Simple Prostatectomy, 164Annika Herlemann, Matthias Oelke & Christian Gratzke14 Minimally Invasive Therapies, 175Mauro Gacci, Matteo Salvi and Arcangelo Sebastianelli15 Holmium Laser Prostatectomy, 184Simon van Rij & Peter J. Gilling16 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: GreenLight Laser Therapy,191Alexis E. Te & Bilal Chughtai17 Principles of Electrocautery-Based Techniques, 201Aaron M. Bernie & Richard LeeIndex, 211