Transurethral resection of prostate under TV monitoring (TV-TURP).
Since February 1987, we have used television monitoring as the main method for operative guidance during transurethral resection (TV-TURP). With this system, the surgeon watches the image on the TV monitor during TURP, and does not look through an endoscope. Seventy-one cases treated using TV-TURP were compared with 50 cases treated by conventional TURP without TV monitoring. The resection time per gram of tissue for TV-TURP was not significantly different from that of the conventional TURP. The other resulting data for TV-TURP were also statistically similar to those for conventional TURP. TV-TURP is an excellent method and not inferior to conventional TURP.
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Department of Urology, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013690:Television / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors