Transurethral resection of prostate under TV monitoring (TV-TURP)

Since February 1987, we have used television monitoring as the main method for operative guidance during transurethral resection (TV-TURP). With this system, the surgeon watches the image on the TV monitor during TURP, and does not look through an endoscope. Seventy-one cases treated using TV-TURP were compared with 50 cases treated by conventional TURP without TV monitoring. The resection time per gram of tissue for TV-TURP was not significantly different from that of the conventional TURP. The other resulting data for TV-TURP were also statistically similar to those for conventional TURP. TV-TURP is an excellent method and not inferior to conventional TURP.