World J Urol (2006) 24: 353 DOI 10.1007/s00345-006-0097-8

INVITED EDITORIAL

Alexandre de la Taille Æ Francois Desgrandchamps Æ and the CTMH group (Comite´ de Trouble Mictionnel de l’Homme de l’Association Franc¸aise d’Urologie)

BPH management at the turn of the twenty-first century: evolution or revolution Received: 9 April 2006 / Accepted: 11 April 2006 / Published online: 21 June 2006 Ó Springer-Verlag 2006

Meanwhile the Urologists are still waiting for a better understanding of the natural history of BPH particularly on the molecular biology level, several therapies for benign prostatic hyperplasia came out on the market including medical and mini-invasive treatments. BPH therapies changed from therapy for urinary symptoms alone to therapy for urinary symptoms and prevention of BPH progression, from monotherapy to combination therapy, from medical therapy to TUNA and from TURP to Laser. These new approaches altered our daily practice and our wish was to make a special issue in the World Journal of Urology on how managing BPH in 2006. Amongst the most well known Urologists and experts in BPH field replied favorably to our invitation and sent

A. de la Taille (&) Department of Urology, CHU Mondor, Assistance Publique des Hoˆpitaux de Paris, 51, avenue du Mare´chal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94000 Creteil, France E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +33-1-49812554 A. de la Taille Æ F. Desgrandchamps Department of Urology, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France

not only the most recent reviews but also their own approaches concerning the management of AUR, combination therapy, decision tree for BPH patient, microwaves, holistic therapy, TUNA or laser. We hope you will enjoy reading this special issue on BPH! Sincerely yours, Alexandre de la Taille, MD, PhD Department of Urology Henri Mondor Hospital Cre´teil, France Francois Desgrandchamps, MD, PhD Department of Urology Saint Louis Hospital Paris, France