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Treatment Algorithms: When to Treat and Whom?

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Over the last decade or so, a number of key international organizations have filtered the large body of emerging evidence examining the treatment of men with LUTS. This chapter distils these treatment guidelines starting with the most recent first. Most management algorithms divide treatment into conservative, medical, and surgical. There is also focus on acute and chronic urinary retention and nocturia. Fortunately, there is reasonable overlap signalling sound evidence and advice.

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  1. Department of Urology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 OQQ, UK

    Nikesh Thiruchelvam

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  1. Department of Urology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Christopher R. Chapple

  2. Department of Urology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Tubaro

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Thiruchelvam, N. (2014). Treatment Algorithms: When to Treat and Whom?. In: Chapple, C., Tubaro, A. (eds) Male LUTS/BPH Made Easy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4688-9_4

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