Clinical and economic analysis of different surgical approaches for benign prostatic hyperplasia (literature review)

Abstract

Wide spectrum of surgical techniques and approaches is used nowadays for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Every method is chosen individually for every patient depending on clinical and anamnestic data, ratio risk/ratio and surgeon’s professional skills. Debits for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia have a trend for annual increasement in countries with demographic aging. Present article is dedicated to overview of financial and economic aspects of main surgical techniques: open simple prostatectomy, transurethral resection and laser enucleation.