J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, FACS, presented “Surgical Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyper-plasia: A Review of the 2018 AUA Guidelines” during the 27th Annual Perspectives in Urology: Point Counterpoint on November 9, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
How to cite: Parsons, J. Kellogg. “Surgical Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyper-plasia: A Review of the 2018 AUA Guidelines” November 9, 2018. Accessed Dec 2024. https://dev.grandroundsinurology.com/surgical-treatment-of-benign-prostatic-hyper-plasia-a-review-of-the-2018-aua-guidelines/
Surgical Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyper-plasia: A Review of the 2018 AUA Guidelines – Summary:
J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, FACS, reviews the 2018 American Urological Association (AUA) Guidelines for benign prostatic hyper-plasia (BPH). He emphasizes the topics excluded from the guidelines, as well as statements on preoperative evaluation, surgical therapies, and medically-complicated patients.
Abstract:
This presentation provides a commentary on the 2018 AUA guidelines for BPH. It focuses on updates to the 2010 guidelines.
Notably, the guidelines exclude statements on medical therapy, although these should emerge within the next 18 to 24 months. Statements addressing 5-ARIs and the prevention of bleeding should emerge along with the medical therapy statements.
The updated guidelines state that symptom evaluation with the International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) or the AUA-Symptom Index (AUA-SI) should be part of the preoperative evaluation. Clinicians should assess prostate size and shape prior to surgery in order to guide surgery choice. The guidelines also cover post-void residual, uroflowmetry, and pressure-flow studies.
This presentation contextualizes surgical therapy options on a scale of least to most invasive, as well as how this then correlates to patient experience.
The updated guidelines highlight indications for surgery to treat BPH more clearly than the prior version. Also new to these guidelines are statements related to robotic prostatectomy, prostatic urethral lift (PUL), water vapor thermal therapy (Rezum), recommendation against transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) due to a lack of related peer-reviewed studies between 2007 and 2017, and the controversial recommendation against prostate artery embolization (PAE) outside of clinical trials.
Overall, the language of these guidelines emphasizes the importance of patient situation and preference, clinician experience and expertise, and indications for surgery.
About Perspectives in Urology: Point Counterpoint
Perspectives in Urology: Point Counterpoint (PCP) is an annual CME-accredited conference devoted to discussing and debating the latest topics in men’s health, general urology, and genitourinary cancers. The conference’s format includes more than didactic lectures. It also includes debates, point-counterpoint discussion panels, and unique case-based presentations. Dr. Parsons presented this lecture during the 27th PCP in 2018. Please visit this page in order to register for future PCP meetings.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, is a board-certified urologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer. He is a Professor of Urology at the University of California, San Diego. He also directs clinical trials for the Department of Urology at UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer Center.
Dr. Parsons is an expert in nerve-sparing robotic surgery, cryosurgery, and MRI of the prostate, and is internationally recognized for his work in prostate disease. He has repeatedly been named a top doctor in San Diego Magazine’s “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” annual survey, performed in collaboration with the San Diego County Medical Society. He has also been recognized as one of America’s Best Doctors®.
He has published over 130 scientific research articles, edited four medical textbooks, received multiple research grants, and serves as an editor on three scientific journals. He has won numerous awards for his scientific research, lectures extensively across the US and in Europe and Asia, and serves on several national committees.
Dr. Parsons completed his residency and fellowship training at John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia and holds a Master of Health Science in Clinical Investigation degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Parsons is also the award-winning author of the novels Doing Harm and Under the Knife. He is currently at work on his third book.
