Capsular influence on benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Attention in both research and treatment has been directed primarily at the BPH, that is the periurethral growth rather than to the surrounding prostate. If this growth could be prevented, or if, once developed, the growth process could be reversed, the problem of prostatic obstruction would be solved. At present, no medical solution acceptable to the patient is apparent. Since the capsule assumes such a dominant role in obstruction, equal attention should be paid in laboratory and clinical research on means for reversing the activities of this compressed prostate on BPH and the outflow tract.