Journal Reviews

The Journal of Urology cover image with Editor's Choice stamp.

Cardiac failure and medical therapy for LUTS / BPH

11 August 2021 | | Functional Urology, Infection | 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, adrenergic alpha-antagonists, heart failure, lower urinary tract symptoms, prostatic hyperplasia

Alpha blockers (AB), 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARI) and combination therapy are widely prescribed for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) considered consequent to prostatic enlargement and are the mainstay of first-line therapy. This retrospective interrogation of a large population-based dataset of...

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Prostatic artery embolisation versus sham

7 July 2020 | | Functional Urology, Uroradiology | Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Clinical trial, International prostate symptom score, Lower urinary tract symptoms, Prostate arterial embolisation

Randomised trials with use of sham is uncommon in the surgical literature, which makes this paper more interesting. Many different treatments are available for treating lower urinary tract symptoms / benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS / BPH). Prostatic artery embolisation (PAE)...

Prostate alpha-1 receptors: what is new?

1 March 2015 | | Functional Urology | benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), benign prostatic syndrome (BPS), contraction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), smooth muscle, α1-adrenoceptor, α1-blocker

This article from the west of Germany will be of interest to many of us who use alpha-blockers for bladder outflow symptoms. The classic model of understanding of alpha receptors has been challenged recently. Further models have been identified, including...