Due to the changing population structure, the proportion of aged men has increased, whereby there is an increasing need for the treatment of prostatic hyperplasia. Most men can be treated with medication within the primary health care. Although the disease is mostly mild in nature and merely lowering the quality of life, it may cause severe complications in the urinary tract, if left untreated. In the treatment of severe cases, the common transurethral prostatic resection has maintained an important status, but has been accompanied by several mini-invasive treatment methods.