寻找治疗良性前列腺增生症的趋势:20年的分析分析
Joshua Winograd1, Mariel Pressler2, Koby Amanhwah1
1Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Asian journal of urology
|November 13, 2024
概括
患者对良性前列腺增生症 (BPH) 治疗的搜索正在增加. 虽然通过尿道切除前列腺 (TURP) 仍然是最受欢迎的,但批准和营销等因素影响患者对BPH手术替代品的兴趣.
科学领域:
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 对良性前列腺增生 (BPH) 的最小侵入性治疗越来越多地使用.
- 了解患者对BPH手术治疗的搜索行为至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析患者在美国寻找各种手术BPH治疗的搜索趋势.
- 确定影响患者对不同BPH手术兴趣的因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了从2004年1月1日到2023年2月28日的谷歌趋势数据.
- 通过尿道切除前列腺 (TURP),Aquablation,Greenlight激光疗法,前列腺尿道提升 (PUL),Rezum和其他BPH干预措施的比较搜索频率.
主要成果:
- 观察到 TURP,PUL,Rezum,前列腺动脉栓塞和前列腺的holmium激光取核的搜索兴趣增加.
- 绿光激光疗法,穿尿道针切除,穿尿道微波热疗法,iTind,简单的前列腺切除术和Aquablation的搜索兴趣下降.
- 通过尿道切除前列腺 (TURP) 仍然是最受欢迎的BPH治疗方法.
结论:
- 尽管对替代方案的兴趣日益增长,但TURP仍然是首屈一指的BPH手术.
- 政府批准,企业收购和营销活动显著影响患者寻找BPH治疗的习惯.
- 医生应该了解这些影响因素,以加强患者教育和关于BPH治疗的临床咨询.
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