What's new in Rezum: a transurethral water vapour therapy for BPH
What's new in Rezum: a transurethral water vapour therapy for BPH
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Rezum is a new minimally invasive treatment for benign prostate enlargement using thermal transurethral water vapour therapy. We review the evidence with advantages and disadvantages of this technique.
RECENT FINDINGS: There are five studies reported including a randomised control trial looking at the outcomes of Rezum. The outcomes show an IPSS reduction by 45-60%, QoL improvement with a score reduction of 37-59%, the Qmax improvement by 44-72% and the PVR reduction by 20-38%. Convective water vapour therapy using the Rezum system has been shown to have successful outcomes in the treatment of LUTS resulting from BPH. The reported complications are infrequent and often minor, and it seems to be relatively cost-effective.
Humans, Male, Prostatic Hyperplasia/complications, Steam, Transurethral Resection of Prostate/methods, Treatment Outcome
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Green, Zachary
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Westwood, Jennifer
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Somani, Bhaskar K.
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31 May 2019
Green, Zachary
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Westwood, Jennifer
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Somani, Bhaskar K.
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Green, Zachary, Westwood, Jennifer and Somani, Bhaskar K.
(2019)
What's new in Rezum: a transurethral water vapour therapy for BPH.
Current Urology Reports, 20 (7), .
(doi:10.1007/s11934-019-0903-7).
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Rezum is a new minimally invasive treatment for benign prostate enlargement using thermal transurethral water vapour therapy. We review the evidence with advantages and disadvantages of this technique.
RECENT FINDINGS: There are five studies reported including a randomised control trial looking at the outcomes of Rezum. The outcomes show an IPSS reduction by 45-60%, QoL improvement with a score reduction of 37-59%, the Qmax improvement by 44-72% and the PVR reduction by 20-38%. Convective water vapour therapy using the Rezum system has been shown to have successful outcomes in the treatment of LUTS resulting from BPH. The reported complications are infrequent and often minor, and it seems to be relatively cost-effective.
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Published date: 31 May 2019
Keywords:
Humans, Male, Prostatic Hyperplasia/complications, Steam, Transurethral Resection of Prostate/methods, Treatment Outcome
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Local EPrints ID: 433343
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/433343
ISSN: 1534-6285
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