Water Vapor Energy Therapy Safely Reduces Urinary Medication Use: A Multicenter Retrospective Real‐World Study in Japan (<scp>SCCOP</scp> Study 24‐01)
This large-scale, multicenter study demonstrates that the WAVE procedure improves LUTS, reduces the number of LUTS medications, and is both effective and safe for elderly patients with multiple comorbidities in Japan.
Authors
- Takumi Sasao
- Junko Ueno Shibuya
- Yuki Kyoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2046-5051)
- Takeshi Maehana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-1923)
- S. Nakayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-714X)
- Koji Ichihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-1469)
- Kazunori Haga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7618-6783)
- Junya Abe
- Seisuke Nofuji
- Naoya Masumori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-0739)
- Yohei Ueki
- Tomohiro Toyota
- Yusuke Nakajima
- Yohei Matsuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-8796)
- Gensoh KOBAYASHI
- Shuto Konta
- Daito Nishiyama
Institutions
- Sapporo Medical University (JP)
- Muroran Institute of Technology (JP)
- Nemuro Education Institute (JP)
- National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center (JP)
- Asahikawa City Hospital (JP)
- Hokkaido hospital (JP)
- Hokkaido Central Hospital (JP)
- Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital (JP)
- Hokkaido University Hospital (JP)
- National Institute of Technology, Tomakomai College (JP)
- Hakodate National Hospital (JP)
- Sapporo National Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-03-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/iju.70052
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.51