No scalpel: Minimally invasive breakthrough for men`s enlarged prostates improves symptoms
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
A new interventional radiology treatment that blocks blood supply to men's enlarged prostate glands shows comparable clinical results to transurethral resection of the prostate (or TURP), considered the gold standard (or most common) treatment. However, this minimally invasive treatmentprostatic artery embolizationhas none of the risks associated with TURP, such as sexual dysfunction, urinary incontinence, blood loss and retrograde ejaculation, noted researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago.