Minimally invasive treatments of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have been adopted by many centers for treatment of patients who fail pharmacological manipulation and cannot or do not ...

Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate (TUNA) was heralded as a minimally invasive alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), but is now marketed as an alternative to ...

Aug. 29, 2003 — Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) of the prostate provides good clinical improvement of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) at five years, according to the results of a long-term ...

March 27, 2009 (Stockholm, Sweden) — Preliminary results from a survey of 524 men treated with transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) for lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic hyperplasia show ...

Men suffering from an enlarged prostate have another outpatient treatment option: a procedure that uses radio waves instead of the popular new microwave therapy. The procedure, called the ...

2.1 Lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia commonly affect men over 50. Stromal and epithelial cells increase in number, causing the prostate to increase in size. It often ...

NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases BETHESDA, MARYLAND - The Minimally Invasive Surgical Therapies (MIST) Consortium for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) has ...

MRI-guided TULSA uses a transurethral catheter to precisely apply ultrasound and MRI-guided thermotherapy to ablate cancerous tissue within the prostate gland. The widespread use of prostate specific ...

Investigators reported an 88% early treatment success rate in 52 men who underwent MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation for localized prostate cancer. Customized prostate ablation with ...

The system is a transurethral needle ablation device that is 510 (k) cleared for the treatment of BPH. The license agreement is for a 10-year term and includes the rights to manufacture and market the ...

AS SENIOR MEMBERS OF the baby-boom generation began turning 50 this year, some of the men no doubt discovered that a stop at the urinal wasn't what it used to be. Roughly a third of American males ...