Search for dissertations about: "benign prostatic hyperplasia"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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1. Feedback thermotherapy for benign prostatic enlargement : A clinical and methodological evaluation
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate a new treatment strategy for symptomatic benign prostatic enlargement.The transurethral thermotherapy (TUMT) antenna design was studied. The design influences the heating-profile significantly and the absorbed energy in a target volume were only about 13-20% of the energy delivered. READ MORE
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2. Development of Feedback Microwave Thermotherapy in Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Abstract : Abstract: The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate ProstaLund Feedback Treatment® (PLFT®) and the CoreTherm® device with regard to biophysics, mechanisms of action, treatment indications, additional techniques, efficacy and safety in the treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The application of two biophysical equations in the PLFT software is explained. READ MORE
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3. On the natural history, diagnosis and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Abstract : There are a number of important issues which remain unknown or poorly understood in the natural history of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The standard investigation of patients with BPH gives controversial results in relation to the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). READ MORE
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4. Sleep and quality of life in men with lower urinary tract symptoms : and their partners
Abstract : Aims: The overall aim was to determine how lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) suggestive of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) affect sleep, health related quality of life and disease specific quality of life, and how the men’s urinary symptoms affect their partners.Subjects and methods: In papers I–II, a descriptive design with a pre-test and post-test was used and in papers III-IV the design was descriptive and comparative. READ MORE
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5. Transurethral microwave thermotherapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia : a clinical and methodological evaluation
Abstract : Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) is a relatively new type of treatment for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia. The aim of this study was to evaluate different aspects of TUMT such as catheter characteristics, morphological changes, effects on hormones and semen emission as well as to assess long-term treatment outcome. READ MORE