A preliminary investigation of temperature distribution in the prostatic urethra during Thermex II thermotherapy.
In a random group of five patients undergoing thermotherapy with Thermex II (Direx Systems), the temperature in the region of the external sphincter was measured using a modified Thermex catheter. In all five patients the measured temperature exceeded 44.5 degrees C for more than half the duration of treatment. Further temperature mapping studies and studies on the assessment of sphincter function after Thermex II thermotherapy are in progress.
University Department of Surgery and Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
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SM
Bhanot
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Chisholm
D N
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Smith
D001831:Body Temperature; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology*