Quantitative evaluation of lower urinary tract symptoms using a visual analog scale in men undergoing permanent brachytherapy.

Purpose: A previous study showed that a visual analog scale (VAS) that measures quality of life (QOL) in relation to each of the seven items on the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) was found to be significantly more able to identify a patient's chief complaint. The aim of this study was to assess the two questionnaires with special reference to the symptom that the patient most wants treated via the concomitant use of the IPSS and VAS after permanent brachytherapy (PBT).

Methods And Materials: A total of 156 men undergoing PBT were enrolled.

[A case of urethral stricture diagnosed by transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) at voiding].

Subcapsral prostatectomy was performed in a 75-year-old male, with the diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Total prostate volume was 105 ml by transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) and the excised prostate weighed in 90 g. After the surgery, he recovered from urinary disturbance once, but, he again complained of severe dysuria 12 days after the surgery.

Complexed PSA improves prostate cancer detection: results from a multicenter Japanese clinical trial.

Objectives: To compare the distribution of total and complexed prostate-specific antigen (cPSA) in men with and without prostate cancer with another studied population and to ascertain whether cPSA could enhance the detection of prostate cancer in Japanese men.

Methods: A total of 760 men whose serum total PSA (tPSA) values ranged from 1.0 to 100 ng/mL were enrolled.