The Surgical Management of BPH and Updates from the AUA Clinical Guidelines Podcast (2024)

CME Available: https://auau.auanet.org/node/41595

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

This educational series is supported by an independent educational grant from Olympus Corporation of the Americas.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:  

1. Describe the role of the AUA Clinical Guideline on the Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Attributed to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

2. Discuss the evidence base for current technologies, including pivotal studies, and be able to define the role and clinical expectation for each of them.

3. Interpret the current clinical results and compare the patient experiences of these treatments in relation to more established and even abandoned treatments for patient groups with similar characteristics.

4. Differentiate between each of the new technologies for treating BPH/LUTS based on both their mode-of-action and the quality of their supporting evidence.