Results of treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy by endoscopic surgery during 1981 - 1996 in Viet Duc hospital

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%.