[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.
Dept. of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.
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Yerushalmi
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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
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization