Open AccessRelation of baseline prostate volume to improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms due to tamsulosin monotherapy in benign prostatic hyperplasia: An exploratory, multicenter, prospective study
Author(s) -
Mahmoud Eladawy,
Ahmed Abdelaziz,
Ahmed Salem,
Waseem Aboul Ela,
Ayman S. Moussa,
Rabee Ibrahim,
Fouad Zanaty,
Mohamed Hadi Mohamed Abdelhamid,
Hussein Aldaqadossi,
Ahmed M. Ragheb,
Hossam Shaker,
Sameh Kotb
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_91_19
Subject(s) - tamsulosin , medicine , international prostate symptom score , lower urinary tract symptoms , urology , prostate , prospective cohort study , prostate cancer , mann–whitney u test , hyperplasia , cancer
The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between baseline prostate volume (PV) and the improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) induced by tamsulosin monotherapy after 2-year follow-up in Egyptian benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients.