(TURF) Transurethral Radiofrequency Heating for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia at Various Temperatures with Thermex II®: Clinical Experience

Hyperthermia and Thermotherapy of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Critical Review

“…Transurethral approach flow and minimal residue [22]. Also, Richter et al [29] obtained relief of chronic retention in 56% of patients treated with TURF.…”

“…Differences are especially marked if a selection of patients is made. Indeed a better objective improvement in a selected group with a peak flow of less than 10 ml/s was observed [22] or in patients with a prostate smaller than 50 cm3 [23] and younger than 65 years [25]. In a group of 50 patients in chronic reten tion with indwelling catheters, 58% were catheter free 2 weeks after treatment with maintenance of an acceptable In order to determine the pathological modifications after hyperthermia-thermotherapy treatment of BPH, his tological studies were performed.…”

Influence of RF Capacitive Heating on the Alpha(1)-Adrenergic Receptors of Rat Prostates

“…Improvements brought about by thermal treatment have mainly been observed as a decrease in irritative rath er than in obstructive symptoms. The destruction of ciadrenergic receptors or sensory nerves in the prostate stro ma is a possible explanation for the reduction in irritative symptoms [3], As is known from the treatment of BPH with a-adrenergic receptor blockers, a blockade of these Bladder outlet obstruction is probably due to dynamic and static factors. The dynamic component is due to the tone of the prostate smooth muscle.…”

“…Recently, thermotherapy of the prostate was used to treat men with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia [2,3]. Perachino et al [4] reported that heating the pros tate by microwaves damages the sympathetic fibers con nected to the a-receptors situated in the bladder neck and…”

Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA): Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerance of a New Office Procedure for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

“…TUNA treatment is designed to be a relatively short-duration, low-cost, minimally invasive, selective technique that uses low-level radiofrequency (RF) power for thermal ablation of the prostate. RF treatment is not new; transurethral RF heating of the prostate (TURF) [2] and RF ablation of accessory atrioventricular bundles in cardiology are currently performed [3].…”