title: Balloon dilation of the prostate. Critical evaluation.
abstract: We describe the results of prostatic balloon dilation in 7 patients with a follow-up of 9 months. Symptom scores dramatically fell in 5 patients (success rate 71%), which is confirmed by a significant improvement in peak flow in 4 of them. Two patients failed to improve and needed a subsequent intervention which revealed a stage A2 prostatic carcinoma in one. During subsequent open prostatectomy, a condition analogous to dilation with the Deisting dilator was seen. We conclude that the indications and results obtained with the balloon dilator are similar to those with the Deisting dilator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Werbrouck
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bamelis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Poppel
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Binard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002404:Catheterization; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome