UroLift: what does the 5-year data say?

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0:41 Let's start with Urolift. Urolift is a system that places staples that compress the prostatic lobes. It's like ... trying to open curtains to let the urine through. It's done without general anaesthesia.

0:55 It can be done in a small outpatient operating room in about fifteen or twenty minutes with sedation and local anaesthesia, depending on the centre. The main advantage advertised is that it preserves ejaculation.

1:11 The problem: the long-term data are not good. The retreatment rate at five years is around fourteen percent. That is to say, one in seven patients needs another intervention.