PURPOSE: We attempted to identify any parameter that could possibly lead to a successful treatment outcome after transurethral microwave thermotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical parameters and treatment profiles of 292 patients were analyzed in a retrospective multicenter manner. Responder and nonresponder groups were identified according to a given definition. RESULTS: No statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics were found. Responders showed a 76% symptomatic improvement rate compared to 27% in nonresponders, and an 82% improvement rate in peak flow compared to a 5% decrease in nonresponders. Responders also showed a significantly greater increase in posttreatment PSA level and a significantly greater amount of energy released during treatment. CONCLUSIONS: No baseline clinical parameter is capable of predicting treatment outcome.
Responders and nonresponders to transurethral microwave thermotherapy: a multicenter retrospective analysis / M. J., De Wildt; Tubaro, Andrea; K., Hofner; S. S., Carter; J. J., De La Rosette; M., Devonec. - In: THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. - ISSN 0022-5347. - STAMPA. - 154:5(1995), pp. 1775-1778.
Responders and nonresponders to transurethral microwave thermotherapy: a multicenter retrospective analysis.
TUBARO, ANDREA;
1995
Abstract
PURPOSE: We attempted to identify any parameter that could possibly lead to a successful treatment outcome after transurethral microwave thermotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical parameters and treatment profiles of 292 patients were analyzed in a retrospective multicenter manner. Responder and nonresponder groups were identified according to a given definition. RESULTS: No statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics were found. Responders showed a 76% symptomatic improvement rate compared to 27% in nonresponders, and an 82% improvement rate in peak flow compared to a 5% decrease in nonresponders. Responders also showed a significantly greater increase in posttreatment PSA level and a significantly greater amount of energy released during treatment. CONCLUSIONS: No baseline clinical parameter is capable of predicting treatment outcome.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
