title: Update on AUA guideline on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To revise the 2003 version of the American Urological Association's (AUA) Guideline on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
  
  
  METHODS
  From MEDLINE® searches of English language publications (January 1999 through February 2008) using relevant MeSH terms, articles concerning the management of the index patient, a male ≥45 years of age who is consulting a healthcare provider for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were identified. Qualitative analysis of the evidence was performed. Selected studies were stratified by design, comparator, follow-up interval, and intensity of intervention, and meta-analyses (quantitative synthesis) of outcomes of randomized controlled trials were planned. Guideline statements were drafted by an appointed expert Panel based on the evidence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The studies varied as to patient selection; randomization; blinding mechanism; run-in periods; patient demographics, comorbidities, prostate characteristics and symptoms; drug doses; other intervention characteristics; comparators; rigor and intervals of follow-up; trial duration and timing; suspected lack of applicability to current US practice; and techniques of outcomes measurement. These variations affected the quality of the evidence reviewed making formal meta-analysis impractical or futile. Instead, the Panel and extractors reviewed the data in a systematic fashion and without statistical rigor. Diagnosis and treatment algorithms were adopted from the 2005 International Consultation of Urologic Diseases. Guideline statements concerning pharmacotherapies, watchful waiting, surgical options and minimally invasive procedures were either updated or newly drafted, peer reviewed and approved by AUA Board of Directors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New pharmacotherapies and technologies have emerged which have impacted treatment algorithms. The management of LUTS/BPH continues to evolve.
authors.affiliation: American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc., Linthicum Maryland, USA. k-mcvary@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Kevin T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: McVary
authors.forename: Claus G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Roehrborn
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Avins
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Reginald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bruskewitz
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Donnell
authors.forename: Harris E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Chris M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Penson
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ulchaker
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States