The nurse explains to a patient considering various methods to relieve his hypertrophied prostate that transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) removes prostatic tissue by:
a. cauterizing prostatic tissue with a resec-toscope.
b. coagulating prostatic tissue with a transu-rethral probe.
c. using radiofrequency needles to coagulate the prostate.
d. vaporizing and desiccating prostatic tissue.
B
The TUMT procedure uses heat to coagulate the prostatic tissue with a probe.
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