HealthDay News — Poor functional status and having a Foley catheter preoperatively are associated with the risk of failure of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or transurethral laser ...

March 20, 2009 (Stockholm, Sweden) — In patients who undergo transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), the presence of urinary catheters on admission to hospital, treatment with antibiotics ...

Photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) for BPH provides outcomes similar to those of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). In a study led by Volkan Tugcu, MD, of the Bakirkoy ...

We compared bipolar and monopolar TURP in a prospective controlled study at two urology centers. The objective of the study was to establish whether there were differences between the two methods with ...

Laser technology has lowered complications for this very common procedure, allowing patients to heal at home. This article was originally published June 5, 2020 on PSQH by Amy E. Krambeck, MD. Benign ...

4.1 The committee noted that the name change from TURis to PLASMA was not accompanied by any change to the technology. Therefore, they concluded that the previous evidence of equivalent clinical ...

NEW HAVEN >> The great majority of men will endure an enlarged prostate later in life, with 80 percent of men over 80 facing the prospect of difficulty urinating and possibly diminished sexual ...

An enlarged prostate is common in older men. A new procedure to treat it is being trialled in NHS hospitals. Nevil Bennington, 57, a courier from Banbury in Oxfordshire, underwent the treatment, as he ...