[Research and development called for thermotherapy of prostatic hyperplasia]

Symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia is to be considered an endemic disease, and the treatment of these problems of elderly men constitutes a substantial drain on health care resources. Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) is one of many new treatment methods introduced in Sweden since the beginning of the decade. The article consists in a review of results obtained with TUMT, and discussion of further development of the technique at present under way in this country.