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Chemo-ablation of the prostate with dehydrated alcohol for the treatment of prostatic obstruction
J Ditrolio1, P Patel, R A Watson
1Division of Urology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
Purpose:
We confirmed clinically whether chemo-ablation of the prostate with absolute ethanol may be an innovative transurethral approach for the relief of obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Methods:
Using the InjecTx endoscopic device (Injectx Inc., San Jose, California) an initial cohort of 15 patients, including 13 who have now been followed more than 1 year, underwent elective transurethral chemo-ablation of the prostate.
Results:
Preoperative and postoperative comparisons of the American Urological Association symptom score, maximum urine flow rate and prostatic volume reveal significant improvement with minimal discomfort and no major complication.
Conclusions:
The InjecTx technique proved encouragingly successful in this initial small-scale clinical trial.
