OP68 Treatment Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Among Remote Indigenous Populations: Experience With A Minimally Invasive Therapy In The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
Maiara Antonio, Isabela Horti, Henrique Tortele, Anna Pereira, Murilo Contó · 2025
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Description
An enlarged prostate can block urine flow and, untreated, damage the kidneys, yet remote Amazon communities sit days from a hospital. Maiara Antonio and co-authors report a 2025 expedition that brought a steam-based prostate treatment to an Indigenous community deep in the Brazilian rainforest. Reaching it took two flights and more than six hours by boat.
A local doctor screened one hundred eighty men over the prior year, and fourteen received the procedure in a mobile surgical center built on site. Each case took under an hour of room time, with the steam device active for about four minutes. Power cuts and missing gear caused brief trouble but no harm to care. The authors call the approach proof that hospital-free treatment can reach the farthest patients.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maiara Antonio, Isabela Horti, Henrique Tortele, Anna Pereira, Murilo Contó |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |