Conductive Heat: Hot Water-Induced Thermotherapy for Ablation of Prostatic Tissue

Muschter, R.

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“…38 The catheter is inserted into the urinary bladder and secured by inflating the positioning balloon. Hot water circulates through the treatment balloon, which lies in the prostatic urethra, and is precisely maintained at 60°C (140°F) by thermocouples located in the catheter and machine.…”

Section: Water-induced Thermotherapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement

Lourenço

Armstrong²,

N’Dow³

et al. 2008

Health Technol Assess

117

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Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement. Lourenco, T.; Armstrong, N.; N'Dow, J.; Nabi, G.; Deverill, M.; Pickard, R.; Vale, L.; MacLennan, G.; Fraser, C.; McClinton, S.; Wong, S.; Coutts, A.; Mowatt, G.; Grant, A. Published in: Health Technology Assessment Publication date: 2008 Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication in Discovery Research Portal Citation for published version (APA):Lourenco, T., Armstrong, N., N'Dow, J., Nabi, G., Deverill, M., Pickard, R., ... Grant, A. (2008). Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement. Health Technology Assessment, 12(35). General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in Discovery Research Portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from Discovery Research Portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain.• You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 12. May. 2018 Health Technology Assessment 2008; Vol. 12: No. 35 Health Technology Assessment NIHR HTA Programme www.hta.ac.uk November 2008 Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement How to obtain copies of this and other HTA Programme reports. An electronic version of this publication, in Adobe Acrobat format, is available for downloading free of charge for personal use from the HTA website (www.hta.ac.uk). A fully searchable CD-ROM is also available (see below).Printed copies of HTA monographs cost £20 each (post and packing free in the UK) to both public and private sector purchasers from our Despatch Agents.Non-UK purchasers will have to pay a small fee for post and packing. For European countries the cost is £2 per monograph and for the rest of the world £3 per monograph.You can order HTA monographs from our Despatch Agents:-fax (with credit card or official purchase order) -post (with credit card or official purchase order or cheque) -phone during office hours (credit card only).Additionally the HTA website allows you either to pay securely by credit card or to print out your order and then post or fax it. NHS libraries can subscribe free of charge. Public libraries can subscribe at a very reduced cost of £100 for each volume (normally comprising 30-40 titles). The commercial subscription rate is £3...

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Section: Water-induced Thermotherapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement

Lourenço

Armstrong²,

N’Dow³

et al. 2008

Health Technol Assess

117

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“…The duration of therapy is 45 minutes. The failure rate is 11.2% at three years 8 . Uroflometry results at two years 9 record a maximum flow 16.4 ml/s, post-void residual volume was 89 ml and IPSS 11.3 Table 3 demonstrates the improvement in symptoms, flow rate and residual urine volume in the bladder following water thermotherapy.…”

Section: Water-induced Thermotherapymentioning

confidence: 94%

The Minimally Invasive Treatments for Benign Prostrate Hyperplasia

Lim

Tay

2014

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

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The prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) increases with age, affecting more than 50% of men above the age of 50 to varying degrees. As it enlarges, it compresses onto the urethra causing bladder outlet obstruction. This can cause a spectrum of problems ranging from irritative and obstructive lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) to retention of urine with obstructive uropathy. Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) is the standard for surgical intervention, however with the advent of an ageing population, there is an increasing number of patients who have ischaemic heart disease who require long-term anticoagulation and have multiple co-morbidities that put them at an increased risk of general anaesthesia. This review aims to critically appraise the effectiveness and evidence for use of these minimally invasive techniques.Both PubMed and Ovid were used to search for randomised control trials (RCT) comparing the various minimally invasive techniques against TURP. In cases where there were no RCTs, the results of the respective trial were compiled. This was later compiled in a summary table.An effective minimally invasive treatment modality will play a complimentary role to TURP which remains the standard of surgical treatment for BPH. Technologies progressing towards rapid re-creation of prostatic channel, minimal blood loss and non-urethral instrumentation will bridge the divide between pharmacotherapy and surgery.

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“…The steam vapour technique was attached to water-induced-thermotherapy for treatment and reduction of benign prostate tissue (20,21). The endoluminal steam technique for…”

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Endovenous Laser Application

Sroka¹,

Pongratz²,

Siegrist³

et al. 2013

Phlebologie

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SummaryIntroduction: Endoluminal vein treatment is a promising minimal invasive treatment option for peoples suffering from varicose veins. The basic mechanism underlying this procedure is to selectively induce heat in the vessel wall with the result of denaturation of proteins and shrinkage of collagen fibers due to energy application. So far energy could be applied either as RF-current, laser light or water steam. The different approaches to deliver such forms of energies are described.Methods: Investigations on heat dependent vein tissue effects were performed. The degree of shrinkage and wall thickening due to heat induction was calculated. Tensile test on vein tissue were performed. Investigation using the radial emitting laser fibre in the ox-foot-model under reproducible condition were done and wavelengths dependent tissue reaction were explored.Results: The experiments clearly demonstrate the degree of the shrinkage of length and diameter, the thickening of the vein wall, as well as the decrease of the elasticity of the tissue. The optical irradiation pattern of the radial emitting laser fiber serves for safe and reproducible energy application directly to the vein wall. Using a laser wavelength with high absorption by the tissue water needs reduced irradiation and irradiance compared to wavelengths with less water absorption. Conclusion: An experimental approach to improve laser application for endovenous varicose treatment is described. Laser parameters and treatment parameters were found which are now under clinical testing. The demonstrated tissue effects may help to find further arguments for clinical findings and sensations described by the patients during follow-up.

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Conductive Heat: Hot Water-Induced Thermotherapy for Ablation of Prostatic Tissue

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement

Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement

The Minimally Invasive Treatments for Benign Prostrate Hyperplasia

Endovenous Laser Application

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