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Surgical Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP).
Published on: March 6, 2018
[Operative treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia: modern aspects]
Abstract:
A retrospective analysis was made of the treatment results for the last 5 years of 879 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), 214 (24.3%) of whom had undergone transvesical adenomectomy while 665 (75.7%) had undergone transurethral resection (TUR) of the prostate. Adenomectomy had rather high effectiveness but was less safe than endoscopic intervention (higher lethality, more frequent development of myocardial infarction, pulmonary artery thromboembolism, postoperative hemorrhage). Patients operated for BPH are at risk of postoperative urethral stricture and sclerosis of urinary bladder cervix. Prebladder and postoperative stress urine incontinence appear only after open operations in BPH.
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