New prostate technique may help men's nighttime urination

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New prostate technique may help men's nighttime
urination

• Waking often in the night to urinate is a common
  problem among men who have an enlarged prostate,
  but an innovative new treatment has shown some
  promise in easing the problem, researchers are
  reporting.
• The procedure, called prostatic artery
  embolization (PAE), involves placing microscopic
  spheres in the arteries that supply blood to the
  prostate gland to partially block the blood flow.

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New prostate technique may help men's nighttime
urination

• In their new study, Bagla and his colleagues show
  that PAE improves symptoms in men suffering from
  nocturia -- waking up repeatedly during the night
  to urinate.
• "Their urinary symptoms bothered them
  considerably less, and their quality of life also
  showed marked improvement," Bagla said. "The
  improvement in quality of life stems directly
  from the fact that these men are getting a better
  night's sleep

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New prostate technique may help men's nighttime
urination

• Much of the improvement may be related to the
  fact that there's softening of the prostatic
  gland," he said. "This hard, enlarged gland
  becomes softened, and the urethra allows easier
  passage of urine."
• It also could be that the prostate gland becomes
  less active, providing less stimulation to the
  parts of the sympathetic nervous system that
  convey the need to urinate, Bagla added.

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New prostate technique may help men's nighttime
urination

• Available studies to date have relatively
  short-term follow, typically of no more than 36
  to 48 months, and at those time frames, a decline
  in the benefit is often seen," Knoedler said.
  "With the long-term outcome of these patients
  unknown, one wonders whether the improvement seen
  will be sustained."

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