[Advanced microwave thermotherapy (PLFT) as a method of choice in the treatment of complicated, inoperable prostatic...

The aim of our study was assessment of efficacy of PLFT technique on ProstaLund CoreTHerm unit in nanagement of acute urine retention in patients with prostatic adenoma. We treated 31 patients with prostatic adenoma (age 58-97, mean age 74 years, volume of the prostatic gland from 32 to 188 ml); 11 patients had suprapubic fistula, 8 carried urethral catheter for acute urinary retention. All the patients were inoperable because of a high surgical-anasthetic risk. All of them were exposed to PLFT for 9-15 min. Efficacy of the treatment was assessed by recovery of physiological urination, by IPSS tests and quality of life (QoL). PLFT destroyed 15 +/- 5% prostatic tissue in each of the treated patients. The procedure was well tolerated. Physiological voiding was achieved in all the cases. Such complications typical for TUR as urethral stricture, vesical stenosis, urinary incontinence were not registered. On month 6 after the treatment QoL was assessed by the patients as 1-2 points, Qmax exceeded 15.2 +/- 1.9 ml/s. Thus, PLFT is a highly effective and save treatment of prostatic adenoma and can be recommended as a standard management of patients with acute urinary retention at high surgical risk.