Although evidence shows that urodynamic study may not improve outcomes, it can be used to evaluate men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs) which have not been adequately delineated and treated. In young men with LUTS not responding to treatment based on clinical examination, or elderly men with LUTS and incontinence, a complete urodynamic evaluation is mandatory to understand the pathophy...

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) commonly affect older men. Fifty percent of men in their sixties and 80% of men in their nineties will be affected. Many of these men will seek care for their bothersome symptoms and decreased quality of life. There is a poor association between LUTS and objective measures such as post void residual, voided volumes...

background : insulin-like growth factor-1 can act in both an autocrine and paracrine manner to promote normal growth and malignant cellular proliferation. the importance of this factor as a major regulatory peptide has been established for cells, in vitro and in vivo. however, the role of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in the etiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate canc...

PURPOSE We evaluated the urodynamic and clinical effects of terazosin in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 45 patients who participated in a multicenter trial was evaluated with urodynamic pressure-flow studies before and after 26 weeks of treatment. RESULTS Maximum flow rate and symptom score improved significantly in 22 patients...

PURPOSE We quantified the physiological variability of clinical and pressure-flow study variables in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic enlargement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Symptom scores were measured, and advanced urodynamic studies with pressure-flow analysis were performed in 178 patients before and 6 months after a period a watchful waiting. RESULTS Patients without bladder outle...

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are quite common in aging males and these affect the quality of life an individual. Among various etiologies LUTS, benign hyperplasia (BPH) has a high prevalence. The term Mutraghata stands for low urine output due to obstruction passage urine. Mutraghata, disease Mutravaha Srotas (urinary system) described Ayurveda, closely resembles with prostatic modern me...

Hypothesis / aims of study Overactive bladder (OAB) associated with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is common in elderly men. However, its exact etiology remains unclear. Tamsulosin is an α1-adrenoceptor blocker used in the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia worldwide, and known to be effective for OAB as well as obstructive symptoms. In this study, we investigated the effec...