Prevalence of different clinical symptoms in patients with prostatic hyperplasia

ABSTRACT

Present study was carried out at Mayo Hospital Lahore in which 100 consecutive patients admitted to the department of Urology for prostatectomy for BPH were examined to see the prevalence of different presenting clinical features. Age of the patients ranged from 45 to 85 years with average age being 61.7 years and maximum patients were of the age between 60-69 years. Urinary retention was the most common presenting feature present in 73.8% patients of age below 60 years and 84.5% in patients of age above 60 years. Obstructive symptoms were more common in older age group than younger patients where irritative symptoms were more prevalent. Figures recorded in this series for urinary frequency and poor urinary stream in younger patients were 85.7% and 80.9% respectively and these were 79.3% and 86.2% for those above 60 years of age