Researchers at the Goethe University have shown how benign prostate enlargement can be treated more effectively and gently.
Together with colleagues from Egypt, they have tested an imaging method that can be used instead of the previous standard method for prostate surgery.
Sasha Zoske
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An enlarged prostate gland can be treated with prostate artery embolization (PAE).
This minimally invasive surgery uses tiny beads to restrict the blood supply to the prostate, causing it to shrink.
In order to make the vessels visible, an X-ray angiography is usually carried out, which involves a relatively high level of radiation exposure for the patient and staff.
In the study, this procedure was compared with preinterventional magnetic resonance angiography.
This does not require X-rays, and the contrast medium is injected into the patient's arm vein instead of being introduced into the groin artery via a catheter.
Contrast agent consumption was 40 percent lower with this method.
At the same time, according to the results, the prostate volume could be reduced more with the use of magnetic resonance angiography than with the conventional imaging method.
The researchers therefore recommend making the new method the standard for PAE.
Here is the link to the study.