Understanding patient interest among surgical options is challenging. We used Google Trends to analyze interest in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) surgeries recommended for prostate volumes <80 cc. Google Trends was queried with five BPH surgeries. Final rank of search terms was TURP, UroLift, Rezum, Aquablation, and Greenlight. Google Trends can be an effective tool for evaluating public interest trends in BPH surgery.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases. 2023 Jul 08 [Epub ahead of print]
James P Daniels, Devin N Patel, Gloria Cecilia Galvan, Nadine A Friedrich, Sanjay Das, Arash Akhavein, Timothy Daskivich, David Josephson, Premal Desai, Cosimo De Nunzio, Stephen J Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA., The Urology Center of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA., University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .