A Comparative Analysis of Operative Methods on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Transurethral Resection and Open Surgery / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A comparative analysis was made in 115 cases of TUR and 38 cases of open surgery in benign prostatic hyperplasia from March 1982 to December 1988.The results were as follows: The mean duration of operation was 84 min in TUR and 112 min in open surgery. The mean weight of resected tissues was 15.9em in TUR and 34.8gm in open surgery. The number of patients who needed transfusion were 74 of 115 in TUR(64%) and 35 of 38 in open surgery. Mean periods of postoperative hopitalization wee 9.1 days in TUR and 15.3 days in open surgery. Intraoperative complications were massive bleeding(5.2%), perforation of prostatic capsule(2.6%), hyponatremia(0.9%) in TUR and massive bleeding( 10.5%) in open surgery. Postoperative complications were unable to void, bleeding, incontinence, epididymitis, pyelonephritis and urethral stricture in TUR and bleeding. incontinence, epididymitis, pyelonephritis, vesicocutaneous fistula and wound infection in open surgery. Total complication rate was 26.1% in TUR and 28.9% in open surgery.

A Case of Leiomyoma in the Female Urethra / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Leiomyoma of the urethra is a rare condition, which is more common in female than in male subjects. A case of leiomyoma of female urethra in a twenty-two years old female arising from anterior lip of the external urethral meatus is presented. The presenting symptoms were painless mass on the anterior lip of the external urethral meatus and voiding difficulty. The mass was easily removed by surgical resection and confirmed as leiomyoma histologically.