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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Benefits of the prostatic urethral lift for men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) have been confirmed in a crossover study of the

device, recently published in _BJU International_. “This study is a _post hoc_ analysis of data from the LIFT (Luminal Improvement Following Prostatic Tissue Approximation for the Treatment

of LUTS secondary to BPH) study that was published a few months ago,” explains corresponding author Henry Woo. Both studies demonstrated quick and durable improvements in symptoms and flow,

as well as preservation of sexual function. Crossover studies are commonly used to compare the relative effects of pharmaceutical therapies, but surgical interventions and medical devices

are harder to assess in this context because patients who have already undergone the intervention cannot then undergo a sham procedure. Instead, Woo and colleagues performed a one-way

crossover study, whereby men who initially received the sham were later offered the lift procedure, and each patient acted as their own control. This is a preview of subscription content,

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OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support REFERENCES * Cantwell, A. L. _ et al_. Multi-center prospective crossover study of the

prostatic urethral lift for the treatment of LUTS secondary to BPH. _BJU Int._ 10.1111/bju.12540 Download references Authors * Sarah Payton View author publications You can also search for

this author inPubMed Google Scholar RELATED LINKS RELATED LINKS RELATED LINKS IN NATURE RESEARCH Roehrborn, C. G. _ et al_. The prostatic urethral lift for the treatment of lower urinary

tract symptoms associated with prostate enlargement due to benign prostatic hyperplasia: the L.I.F.T. study. _J. Urol._ 190, 2161–2167 (2013) RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions

ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Payton, S. Promising future for the prostatic urethral lift. _Nat Rev Urol_ 10, 677 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2013.267 Download citation *

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