Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 268-272, 1 November 2002

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

  • Derek J Rosario

      Affiliations

    • Derek J Rosario is a Consultant Urologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK. He qualified from Sheffield University and trained in general surgery and urology in North Trent, UK. His research interests include urinary tract function, urodynamics and bladder innervation
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  • Richard Bryant

      Affiliations

    • Richard Bryant is a Senior House Officer on the Sheffield Basic Surgical Trainee rotation. He qualified from Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK

Abstract 

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition characterized by an increase in both the stromal and glandular elements of the prostate gland, leading to an overall increase in its size. BPH arises as nodular growth in the periurethral glands of the transitional zone of the prostate. Histological evidence can be found as early as the fourth decade of life. BPH is the most common benign tumour in men and the risk of its development increases with age: evidence of BPH is found in the prostates of 70% of men aged 70 and the prevalence approaches 100% by 80 years of age. BPH is more prevalent in ‘Western’ societies than in the Far East, and in the USA it is more common in the black population than the white. The terminology surrounding benign prostatic disease has been confused, but now there is consensus that:

•the term BPH denotes the histological entity

•the term benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) denotes a clinical finding on rectal examination

•the term benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) denotes a urodynamically-defined state.

Keywords:  urology , benign , prostatic , hyperplasia

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PII: S0263-9319(06)70281-2

doi:10.1383/surg.20.11.268.14541

Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 268-272, 1 November 2002

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