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Personalized care for male LUTS: have we attained the holy grail?

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Personalized decision-making is the ultimate goal of managing men with lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic obstruction. Urodynamics can provide valuable information in these patients and a recent multicentre randomized trial has highlighted important findings warranting consideration, as well as indicating that further insights are needed.

Refers to Drake, M. J. et al. Diagnostic assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men considering prostate surgery: a noninferiority randomised controlled trial of urodynamics in 26 hospitals. Eur. Urol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2020.06.004 (2020).

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Malde, S., Solomon, E. Personalized care for male LUTS: have we attained the holy grail?. Nat Rev Urol 17, 607–608 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-020-0371-3

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