OBJECTIVES A cost-effectiveness analysis was carried out comparing electrosurgical transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) with holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser resection of the prostate (HoLRP). METHODS One hundred twenty patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and urodynamically proved obstruction were randomized to undergo either TURP or HoLRP. Economic and clinical outcome ...

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 ...

Background: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is one best available treatments for benign hypertrophy prostate. Many complications in TURP are associated with absorption irrigation fluid. In BIPOLAR TURP, normal saline used as an irrigant which more physiological. Aims and Objectives: Our aim study to evaluate correlation between post-operative electrolyte changes perioperative fac...

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) remains the dominant and definitive treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS-BPH), but the widespread use of medical therapies (particularly monotherapies) for rapid symptom improvement has meant that the most common indication for TURP has shifted...

Genitourinary system is the second most common site of tuberculosis (TB) after pulmonary system. Tuberculosis of the prostate is a rare manifestation of genitourinary tuberculosis. It is even more uncommon if occurring in an immunecompetent individual. Prostate TB is usually an incidental finding in transurethral resection of prostate (TURP). Here, we report a case of TB of the prostate in a 70...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in patients with a large prostate (>90 g), as a significant recent modification of TURP is the incorporation of bipolar technology, which uses the same technique as monopolar TURP but with normal saline as the irrigant. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty patients with a prostate of >90 g and who we...

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) is now the preferred method for dealing with the obstructing prostate. This procedure was reintroduced to the Penang General Hospital in August 1985. Over the next one and a half years, 100 TURP were performed by the author (NYTL). This paper reviews this initial experience. Of the patients, 17.7% required blood transfusion of one unit each. The me...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome and efficacy of transurethral resection of the prostate in patients of benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) with underactive bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective study of 174 patients, who underwent transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) between 2008 and 2015, for lower urinary tract symptoms with BPE with bladde...

You have accessJournal of UrologyUrodynamics/Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction/Female Pelvic Medicine: Non-neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction I (MP02)1 Sep 2021MP02-16 EFFECT OF ROUTINELY PREOPERATIVE URETHRAL DILATION TO PREVENT STRICTURE AFTER TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION THE PROSTATE FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA Yeong Uk Kim, Jae Young Choi, Hwii Ko, Phil Hyun Song, Ki Hak Moon, and Hee Chang Jung ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the influence of the urologist's experience on the surgical results and complications of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-seven patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate without the use of a video camera were randomly allocated into three groups according to the urologist's experience: a urologist having done 25 t...