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.
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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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