Begin Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) is the enlargement of the prostate, frequenlty occurring in men over the age of 50.
Many men may not have any symptoms of BPH. if you do have symptoms, they may include:
- A weak urinary stream
- Difficulty starting urination
- Interrupted flow of urine.
- Frequent urination
- Urgency to pass urine
- Frequently awakening at night to urinate
- Sense of incomplete urination.
Blockage of the urethra from BPH may lead to repeated urinary tract infections, a sudden inability to urinate, or gradual bladder and/or kidney damage.
Treatment
- TURP: Trans urethral resection of prostate remains a gold standard in the surgical treatment of prostate. Advantage of TURP are: no open surgery, safe to the patient, limited short hospital stay, sexual potency and continence maintained after surgery, and cost effective.
- LASER assisted TURP. Traditional TURP done with LASER energy source. Very minimal blood loss.
- Saline TURP. Plasma kinetic energy is used to do TURP.
- Open prostatectomy only if the prostate is very big, more than 120 grams.
 Prostate lobes obstructing the urine passage
 After TURP Cleared urine passage.
Prostate Cancer
Radical prostatectomy is gold standard for organ confined prostate cancer. Nerve sparing radical surgery is routine in our center. Continence is maintained in 95 to 98 % patients and potency in over 70 % patients.
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