@Article{,
AUTHOR = {J. Curtis Nickel, Fred Saad},
TITLE = {The American Urological Association 2003 guideline on management of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a Canadian opinion},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {11},
YEAR = {2004},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {2186--2193},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v11n2/62601},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {The 2003 American Urological Association (AUA)
guideline on management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH) was released at the AUA annual meeting in
Chicago, April 2003 and the diagnosis and treatment
recommendations were published later in 2003. It is
likely that the 2003 AUA guideline on the management
of BPH will have a profound effect on clinical urologic
practice in the USA, but its influence on Canadian
urological practice will be different because of our
socialized medical system, manpower issues, availability
of expensive technology and our unique Canadian
perspective. The authors review the 2003 AUA guideline
on the management of BPH and based on a perspective
obtained from recent publications, consensus/consultant
meetings, focus groups and anecdotal experience, attempt
to put the recommendations into Canadian context. We
conclude that the 2003 AUA guideline for the
management of BPH is an important document that
should be studied, evaluated and understood by Canadian
urologists. Although our perspective is clearly different
than our US colleagues, it is likely that the guideline
will influence the management of BPH in Canada.},
DOI = {}
}