Results of treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy by endoscopic surgery during 1981 - 1996 in Viet Duc hospital
- Author:
Trieu Buu Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
benign prostatic hyperplasia
- MeSH:
Prostatic Hyperplasia;
therapy;
surgery
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):5-11
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From 6/1981 to 6/1996 a total of 978 consecutive patients (mean age: 69) presenting with bladder outlet obstructive were admitted to Viet Duc hospital for elective transurethral resection of prostate). The feagure of TURP were increasing from year to year and the TURP/ open surgery ratio was 80% in 1996. The procedures were performed with low mortality (0.3%) and low morbidity (bleeding 0.6%, capsular perforation (0.7%). TURP syndrome (0.3%), dysuria (1.8%) incontinence (1.1%), urethral stricture (1.5%) Hospital stay: 5(2 days. Overall outcome: good: 77%, moderate 19%; unsatis factory: 4%.
