The Big Prostate

This book will explore and explain the best diagnostic and treatment strategies for men with a big prostate. Men are living longer and the opportunity to develop significant benign prostatic hyperplasia is increasing. Men with very large prostates can often be extremely challenging to manage and all urologists and healthcare professionals carrying out general urology and managing men with prostate problems will have come across this issue.

There are a number of diagnostic, interventional, and surgical management options available, with some of these being more suited to a large prostate than others. The various treatment strategies and their evidence base are discussed. Valuable tips from expert authors who are experienced in the management of the particularly large prostate are included to allow readers to be confident when managing this increasingly important and prevalent group of patients.

This book is of particular use to healthcare practitioners who manage men with BPH in the outpatient or emergency setting, as well as those in the operating theatre who want further tips on how to deal with the particularly big prostate.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Large Prostate
Chapter 2: Emergency and Elective Presentation of the Big Prostate
Chapter 3: Imaging of the Large Prostate
Chapter 4: Management of an Elevated PSA and Biopsy Strategies in the Large Prostate
Chapter 5: Medical Treatment of the Large Prostate
Chapter 6: Surgical Treatment: Prostate Artery Embolization
Chapter 7: Surgical Treatment: Enucleation of the Prostate
Chapter 8: Surgical Treatment: Green Light Laser
Chapter 9: Surgical Treatment: Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
Chapter 10: Surgical Treatment: Robotic Simple Prostatectomy
Chapter 11: Open Simple Prostatectomy
Chapter 12: Robotic Radical Prostatectomy in the  Large Prostate
Chapter 13: Special Conditions: Management of Concomitant Urological Pathology and the Comorbid Patient
Chapter 14: The Future of Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia