Urology — Obstructive Uropathy and Benign Prostatic Pathology
Urology · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Fisiopatología de la obstrucción urinaria, clasificación etiológica, hidronefrosis, HBP — desde la biología molecular hasta los últimos avances quirúrgicos, incluyendo estenosis uretral, fibrosis retroperitoneal y estenosis de la UUP
What it covers
- Pathophysiology of Obstructive Uropathy
- · 1.1 Phases of the Renal Hemodynamic Response to Obstruction
- · 1.2 Changes in the Renal Parenchyma
- · 1.3 Changes in the Upper Urinary Tract — Hydronephrosis
- · 1.4 Changes in the Bladder — Consequences of Chronic Bladder Obstruction
- Classification of Obstructive Uropathy
- · Degrees of Hydronephrosis — SFU System and Ultrasound Classification
- Etiology of Obstructive Uropathy
- · 3.1 Retroperitoneal Fibrosis (Ormond's Disease)
- Diagnosis of Obstructive Uropathy
- · 4.1 Clinical Manifestations
- · 4.2 Laboratory
- · 4.3 Diagnostic Imaging
- Treatment of Obstructive Uropathy
- · 5.1 Urgent Drainage Indications
- · 5.2 Postobstructive Diuresis — A Dangerous Physiological Complication
- Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)
- · 6.1 Epidemiology
- · 6.2 Etiopathogenesis — Molecular Biology of BPH
- · 6.3 Anatomy of BPH — McNeal Zones and Components of Obstruction
- · 6.4 Diagnosis of BPH
- Medical Treatment of BPH
- · 7.1 α-Blockers
- · 7.2 5α-Reductase Inhibitors (5-ARIs)
- · 7.3 Antimuscarinics and β₃-Agonists (for the Storage Component)
- · 7.4 PDE5 inhibitors for BPH-LUTS
- · 7.5 Combined Therapy and Phytotherapy
- Surgical Treatment of BPH
- · 8.1 Indications for Surgery
- · 8.2 Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TUR-P / TURP)
- · 8.3 Laser Enucleation — HoLEP (Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate)
- · 8.4 Minimally Invasive Techniques — For the Patient Who Wants to Preserve Ejaculation
- · 8.5 Open Prostatic Adenomectomy / Laparoscopic / Robotic
- Ureteropelvic junction stenosis (UPJ)
- · 9.1 Etiology
- · 9.2 Clinic
- · 9.3 Diagnosis
- · 9.4 Treatment — Pyeloplasty
- Urethral stricture
- · 10.1 Etiology — "ITEI"
- · 10.2 Diagnosis
- · 10.3 Treatment — Options according to Stenosis Characteristics
- Complications of Obstructive Uropathy and BPH
- · 11.1 Acute Urinary Retention (AUR) — The BPH Sentinel Event
- · 11.2 Integrative Summary — Differential Diagnosis BPH vs Prostate Cancer
- · Integrating Principle
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- Subject
- Urology
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 46
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02