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We tested the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients. A total of 42?BPH patients with LUTS were randomly assigned to either the EA group (EG), received 2?Hz EA for 20?min twice/week for a total of twelve treatments, or a sham EA group (CG), received sham EA. The increase of voiding volume, average flow rate, and maximal flow rate in the EG were 32.2 ± 104.4?mL, 1.2 ± 1.6?mL/sec, and 2.3 ± 3.7?mL/sec, respectively, from baseline value (before EA) using the measurement of an uroflowmetry. These increases were greater than -37.9 ± 120.4, -0.22 ± 2.7, and -0.3 ± 4.3, respectively, in the CG (P = .038, .026, and .030, resp.). The changes of prostate special antigen and international prostatic symptom score were not significantly different between two groups (P = .573, .175, resp.), suggesting the clinical improvement of 2?Hz EA was quite limited to the LUTS of patients with BPH.
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