Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
Summary:
Advice: GPs are available to advise conservative and drug management to many men with mild and moderate LUTS with the help of the interactive Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms pathway. This pathway also indicates referral in men with LUTS who have failed medical treatments, with acute and chronic retentions.
Please click for access to the male bladder health patient information leaflet.
We would like GPs to exclude serious systemic illness and indicators for prostate cancer.
Please provide information with regards treatments tried when referring to the Urology Department. Please refer according to the links below.
Refer To: Any adult urologist
Contents:
- Multipage Male LUTS pathway
- Access to the Male Lower Urinary Tract Referral Form
- Useful links
- Related downloads
Access to the Male Lower Urinary Tract Referral Form
The Male Lower Urinary Tract Referral Forms can be accessed by using the following links:
Useful Links
- BPH (National Library for Health)
- NICE guideline on Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- NICE guideline on Holmium laser prostatectomy
- NICE guideline on transurethral electrovaporisation of the prostate
- Prostate disease (general)
- Bladder and Bowel Foundation
Related Downloads
- Diagnostic Tests: Interpretation of raised PSA levels (237 KB)
- Diagnostic Tests: Frequency volume chart
- Specific Disorders: Counselling information for patients requesting a PSA test (244 KB)
- Specific Disorders: Nocturnal polyuria (228 KB)
- Symptom Scores: International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) (58 KB)
- Diagnostic Tests: Advice to patients undergoing follow-up PSA (213 KB)
- Miscellaneous: Male LUTS, conservative measures incl bladder retraining and PFMT (237 KB)