Trends in Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, 2004 to 2013: the Urologic Diseases in America Project

Abstract

Medication use increased and surgery decreased during the study period. Treatment approaches to lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic hyperplasia varied greatly by patient age. While the minority of men in the fifth and sixth decades of life required treatment, a sharp increase in treatment use was seen between these decades. Younger men were more likely to elect less invasive surgical options. Future studies of lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic hyperplasia should focus on age specific treatment selection.