title: Olympus PlasmaButton transurethral vaporization technique for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article will describe an efficient and effective method of using Olympus PlasmaButton (Olympus, Southborough, MA, USA) for transurethral vaporizations of the prostate (TUVP).
  
  
  METHODS
  This method was developed over the last 18 months. Patients undergoing this Olympus PlasmaButton TUVP had the inner aspect of the prostate vaporized until it was believed to be significantly open and unobstructed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients were found to do very well with what appears to be durable results. Postoperative short and long term bleeding has not been a significant issue using this method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Olympus PlasmaButton procedure is a new minimally invasive therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). As with all new technologies there are methods that a surgeon learns with increased experience that help make the procedure more effective, efficient, and safer. This article shows one surgeon's technique that has been developed over time and has become a successful way to manage patients undergoing the minimally invasive transurethral vaporization of the prostate. There are probably other vaporization techniques that surgeons have learned with use of the PlasmaButton that may be equally effective.
authors.affiliation: Urology Austin, Austin, TX 78705, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McClelland
mesh_terms: D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate / Q000379:methods*