[Noninvasive, local microwave hyperthermia for deep-seated tumors: III. Benign prostatic hyperplasia].
Poor operative risk patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia were treated as outpatients with local hyperthermia without sedation, for 1 hour, twice weekly. As a result of the treatment it was possible in 61% to remove indwelling catheters and voiding was resumed for up to 61 months after treatment. 70% of those without indwelling catheters improved clinically and remained so for 67 months after completion of treatment. There were no side-effects or sequellae of the treatment. Because of its safety, simplicity of application and good results, it is recommended as the treatment of choice for poor operative risks.
Yerushalmi
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Dept. of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.
Singer
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Fishelovitz
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Levy
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Catsnelson
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Dror
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Shani
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D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization