The importance of prostatic measuring by transrectal ultrasound in surgical management of patients with clinically benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Abstract

Measurements of the transition zone of the prostate by transrectal ultrasound are more accurate than those for the whole prostate to predict enucleated or resected weight. The assessment of the transition zone volume may be sufficiently reliable to be used in the clinical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia and helpful to choose modality of the surgery.