title: [Surgical treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy: what and when TURP vs adenomectomy].
abstract: Surgical treatment is the gold standard for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) therapy. At the present diagnostic approach allows better patient selection and treatment assignment. In this work we have studied retrospectively the outcome of 120 BHP patients who underwent trans urethral resection (TURP) and of 145 BPH patients underwent "open" prostatectomy. In all the patients surgical time, prostate weight, indwelling catheter standing, rest in bed, early and late complications were evaluated. Irritative symptoms occurred after TURP in 10% of the cases. The two therapeutical options are not comparable for they technically different. The choice between the two depends on the accurate patient characterization and selection.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Urologia, Ospedale Riuniti di Bergamo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ranieri
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hurle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Micheli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tura
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Graziotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lembo
mesh_terms: D001510:Bed Rest; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors