title: [Review of 408 cases of prostatism syndrome. Have the new classifications improved its practical management?].
abstract: To the variety of symptoms known as prostatism, ultrasound, flowmetry, PSA and other complementary testing has been added over the last few years in an attempt to define it better. Also, several score tables such IPSS have been used to grade more objectively each symptom. It remains to be seen, however, whether all this is really useful to define a specific treatment in the clinical practice. To this end, we intend to analyze our own series taking advantage of a table of symptoms routinely used for years, together with the patient's own perception of his quality of life, checking which factors have more influence on the latter. We believe that the use of different overall scores in the usual practice is not effective, although they could be added to the patient's evaluation since they seem a good tool to establish comparisons between different communities.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Covadonga, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de Oviedo.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernández Gómez
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rabade Rey
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Pérez García
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sahagun Argüello
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: García Menéndez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alonso Sainz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome; D014563:Urodynamics
vernacular_title: Revisión de 408 casos de síndrome de prostatismo. Han mejorado las nuevas clasificaciones su manejo práctico?