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Benign Enlargement of Prostate (BPH) Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Transurethral Resec...
- Pelvic Floor Exerci...
- Transurethral Incis...
- Surgical Removal of...
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Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate
- Transurethral radio...
- Transurethral Micro...
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Visual Laser Ablation of Prostate
- Interstitial Laser ...
- Stent Procedure to ...
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Radiofrequency Ablation
- Heat Therapy
- Transurethral laser...
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Laser ablation of prostate
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The choice of a treatment is based on the severity of your symptoms, the extent to which they affect your daily life, and the presence of any other medical conditions. Treatment options include "watchful waiting," lifestyle changes, medication, or...
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Kegel exercises (Kegels) are exercises designed to strengthen the muscles of the lower pelvic girdle, or pelvic floor—the pubococcygeal (PC) muscles. The PC muscles support the bladder, urethra, and urethral sphincter—the muscle group at the neck ...
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Kegel exercises are a series of pelvic muscle exercises designed to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.
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Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is a surgical procedure by which portions of the prostate gland are removed through the urethra.
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Minimally invasive prostate resection is surgery to remove part of the prostate gland, to treat an enlarged prostate. The surgery will improve the flow of urine through the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder outside of your body...
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Open prostatectomy is a procedure for removal of an enlarged prostate gland.
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Laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) surgery uses an intensely hot, precisely focused beam of light to remove or vaporize tissue and control bleeding in a wide variety of non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures.
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A stent is a tiny tube placed into an artery, blood vessel, or other duct (such as one that carries urine) to hold the structure open.
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Heat treatments are therapeutic applications of superficial or deep-heating agents to areas of the body.
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Heat treatments are applications of therapeutic thermal agents to specific body areas experiencing injury or dysfunction.
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