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 ...

The aim of this retrospective study was to review the technical incidents and the complications encountered by a non-investigator centre in the use of the HIFU procedure in the treatment of localized ...

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 technology-based procedure will be less invasive when treating prostate problems. David Labanyi reports on a laser procedure which allows for more efficient treatment for an enlarged prostate ...

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 ...