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Prostate surgery:
When medicine do not work or when the disease is associated with certain red flag signs(e.g. inability to pass urine at all) threre is no alternative to prostate surgery. Mostly it is done by endoscopic methods.( called TURP
What is TURP?
Minimally invasive BPH treatment used  to remove prostate endoscopically. The gold standard surgery for BPH is a TURP or transurethral resection of prostate.  In TURP, the surgeon inserts a thin telescopic tube up the urethra and nibbles away pieces of the prostate to widen the channel which will improve the urine flow.
Minimally invasive BPH treatment
Open Prostatectomy
Usually performed when the prostate is too large to be removed endoscopically.  Nowaday this method is rarely used for removal of prostate.
What is bipolar TURP?
It is a recent  advancement in treatment of BPH.
The limitation of TURP in treatment of large prostate is fluid absorption into the body and consequent side effect. This is overcome when bipolar TURP  is used.  It is a special equipment where there are no side effects of fluid absorption. This allows
  • Treatment of large prostate with endoscopic method.
  • Follow the conventional gold standard
  • TURP
  • Reduces the side effects
Other new  options include laser prostatectomy , green light laser prostatect
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