Devices, systems and methods for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and other conditions

A method for treating benign prostatic hypertrophy in a subject wherein prostate tissue located adjacent to an anatomical structure is creating undesired constriction of the anatomical structure, said method comprising the steps of:

• creating a penetration path transverse to a longitudinal axis of an urethra;
• penetrating the prostate tissue with at least one tension device;
• and
• implanting the at least one tension device through the penetration path of the subject to compress the prostate tissue transverse to the axis of the urethra so as to relieve at least some of the constriction in that transverse direction created by the prostate tissue on the anatomical structure.