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Importance of prostatic sonography in the evaluation of conservative therapy of prostatic hyperplasia
1Department of Urology, University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Drug therapy using an alpha-reductase inhibitor is being conducted in 23 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), hopefully resulting in a decrease in prostatic volume. Suprapubic ultrasonography determination of prostatic size has proven to be a reliable parameter of the disease course. In 142 evaluated ultrasonic measurements, a maximum deviation of +/- 7% for the diameter and +/- 13% for the volume was established. Therefore a change in volume after drug therapy of BPH can only be considered significant if a decrease in volume is 15% or more.
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