|Articles|May 30, 2011

Today's Daily Dose: Prostatic hyperplasia

What is the most effective treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia?

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“The most effective treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is castration, which decreases prostate size by 50% within three weeks postoperatively and by 70% within nine weeks.”

-John K. Sessions, DVM, and Jeanne A. Barsanti, DVM, MS, DACVIM

From A dog with an enlarged prostate and bloody preputial discharge

 

 

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