Balloon dilatation of the prostate: technique and early results.
Fourteen men with outflow obstruction were treated by balloon dilatation of the prostatic urethra using 25 and 30 mm balloon catheters. Significant improvement in objective measurement of outflow obstruction was noted in only 2 patients.
Keane
P F
PF
Institute of Urology, London.
Charig
C R
CR
Hudd
C
C
Shah
P J
PJ
Kellett
M J
MJ
Boyle
J
J
Wickham
J E
JE
O'Donoghue
E P
EP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*