Transurethral ethanol ablation of the prostate (TEAP): an effective minimally invasive treatment alternative to traditional surgery for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in high-risk comorbidity patients

Abstract

We found that TEAP is a safe minimally invasive treatment, which significantly improves voiding dysfunctions in patients with symptomatic BPH.

Transurethral Ethanol Ablation of the Prostate for Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Long-Term Follow-Up

“…3 As the prevalence of BPH is higher among older patients who often have a higher number of comorbidities that cause a notable increase in complications during surgery, there has been an ever increasing drive in the past few years to revert to the MITs for BPH, which have very similar clinical outcomes to that of TURP but with a lower rate of postsurgical complications. 4 There are also the advantages of shorter operative times, shorter hospital stay, and shorter anesthesia time within some instances-even the possibility of local anesthesia.…”