Heat Transfer Analysis Of HyperthermiaTreatment Of The Prostate

Prostatic enlargement occurs in males over 50 years of age. The enlargement of the prostate leads to obstruction of the urinary flow and in worst case urinary retention. The standard method for surgial treatment of prostatic enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH) is transurethral resection, TUR-P. During the 1980's several alternative treatment modalities were introduced. The transurethral microwave thermotherapy method, TUMT, is one of these methods which is commonly used today; Rigatti et al [11].