OBJECTIVE Bladder stones in elderly men are commonly associated with bladder outlet obstruction, and many different treatment modalities have been presented for both these conditions. To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a novel method concerning spontaneous usage of both monopoplar transurethral resection of the prostate and Holmium Laser cystolithotripsy, we compared the transurethral ...

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview on the current status of the long-term outcomes of instrumental treatment options for patients with lower urinary tract symptoms that are suggestive of bladder outlet obstruction. METHODS Based on MEDLINE database searches, we performed a systematic review of the literature with a focus on peer-reviewed articles about surgical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH...

BACKGROUND AND AIM In this article, we describe an easy and cost-efficient technique to improve the applicability of blue dye for chromopertubation using a pediatric transurethral catheter. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated our technique at a University Hospital with 21 patients aged between 19 and 39 years with primary and secondary infertility, undergoing laparoscopical chromopertubation o...

PURPOSE We documented the results of high energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated 116 patients following transurethral microwave thermotherapy according to symptom scores, transrectal ultrasound, free voiding and pressure-flow study parameters. RESULTS Significant improvement was noted in all objective...

Transurethral resection of bladder tumor remains the most common procedure for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of bladder cancer. Deep resection of the detrusor muscle for the correct staging of bladder cancer can increase the risk of hemorrhage that can be difficult to control with standard transurethral surgical maneuvers. Evicel(®) Fibrin Sealant was applied transurethrally to manag...

According to current guidelines, the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is main therapeutic option, being refractory conservative approach. Transurethral resection prostate and open transvesical adenomectomy have been considered a reference standard in medium (<80ml) large (> 80ml) hyperplasia. To reduce postoperative complications promote faster recovery, there proposed s...

A 32-year old single man presented with azoospermia and low semen volume which was noted one and half a year ago. Transrectal ultrasonography and seminal vesiculography were performed to evaluate ejaculatory duct obstruction, and transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct was performed using a hybrid technique of holmium:yttriumaluminium garnet laser with monopolar transurethral resection ...

Suprapubic catheterization is an alternative method for urinary drainage that is used when transurethral catheterization fails. Traditionally, inserted large-bore suprapubic catheters may cause fatal complications. During the past decade, we used a small central venous catheter (CVC) suprapubicly in 16 male patients for the purpose of urinary drainage, when transurethral catheterization failed....

BACKGROUND Short-term and long-term complications of transurethral prostate resection can be different in nature. Capsule perforation and subsequent fistulation after resection and electrovaporization is seldom reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION Here we report the case of a 79-year-old caucasian man with capsule perforation after transurethral prostate resection and electrovaporiza...

Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP) is compared to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) by reviewing nonrandomized, matched, and randomized studies. These studies indicate that incision of the prostate and bladder neck relieves outflow urinary obstruction, as does TURP. The incision is relatively easier to learn and perform, and requires shorter operative time compared to TU...