Patient Information
The UroLift® System is a proven approach
to treating enlarged prostate without heating, cutting or removing tissue
to treating enlarged prostate without heating, cutting or removing tissue
What is an enlarged prostate?
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, or BPH, is a
common condition in which the prostate enlarges
as men get older. Over 40% of men in their 50s
and over 70% of men in their 60s have BPH.1
While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated
to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man’s
quality of life.
As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and
blocks the urethra, causing bothersome urinary
symptoms such as:
- Frequent need to urinate both day and night
- Weak or slow urinary stream
- A sense that you cannot completely empty your bladder
- Difficulty or delay in starting urination
- Urgent feeling of needing to urinate
- A urinary stream that stops and starts
” The procedure has allowed me to
regain my quality of life. I have
no urgency, no frequency and
I’m thoroughly satisfied
with the results. ”
Stephen Richardson, MD (patient)
What is the UroLift ® System?
The UroLift System is a minimally invasive
procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. It
is a proven option for patients looking for an
alternative to medications or major surgery.
It is the only leading enlarged prostate procedure
that does not require heating, cutting or
destruction of prostate tissue.1-7
Advantages of the UroLift System
- Safe and effective
- Risk profile better than reported for
procedures such as TURP9 - Rapid symptom relief,10 better than reported
for medications11 - Only leading BPH procedure shown to not
cause new and lasting sexual dysfunction*11-14
*No instances of new, sustained erectile or ejaculatory dysfunction in the L.I.F.T. pivotal study
1. Lokeshwar, Transl Androl Urol 2019; 2. Miano, Med Sci Monit 2008;
3. Mirakhur, Can Assoc Rad J 2017; 4. Woo, BJUI 2011; 5. McVary, J Urol 2015;
6. Gilling, Can J Urol 2020; 7. Kadner, World J Urol 2020; 8. Roehrborn Urology Clinics 2016;
9. Sonksen, EU Urol, 2015; 10. Roehrborn. J Urology 2013;
11. AUA BPH Guidelines 2003, 2010, 2018, amended 2019;
12. Naspro, Eur Urol 2009; 13. Montorsi, J Urol 2008; 14. McVary, J Sex Med 2014
Enlarged Prostate
An enlarged Prostate can narrow or even block the urethra .
Step 1
The UroLift Delivery Device is placed through the obstructed urethra to access the enlarged prostate.
Step 2
Small UroLift Implants are permanently placed to lift and hold the enlarged prostate tisues out of way and increase the opening of the urethra.
Step 3
The UroLift Delivery Device is removed, leaving an open urethra designed to provide symtom relief.
