title: [Controversies and progress in the diagnosis and treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy. Personal experience].
abstract: Historically, non surgical procedures awakened little interest among urologists because surgery represented a definite solution with acceptable morbidity and mortality rates. Currently, the diagnosis and management of BPH is pointed towards a greater understanding of those prostate conditions with a trend to obstruction, using more refined methods to assess the severity of the obstruction, identification of predictive parameters of the therapeutical response, and evaluation of the various treatment alternatives based on safety and cost-efficiency parameters.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Xeral de Vigo.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Nogueira-March
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ojea
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vérez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benavente
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*