title: TUIP for infravesically obstructed BPH patients: a review of 300 cases.
abstract: Our experience is described in the treatment of BPH by prostatic incision. Three hundred patients were treated from 1989 to 1993; 285 had obstructive BPH (48 in complete urine retention) and 15 had prostatic carcinoma. One hundred eighty-nine patients were controlled and in 93% the results were satisfactory for disappearance of symptoms. Insignificant complications were recorded and only 9% had retrograde ejaculation. Ninety-six urodynamic controls (flowmetry) were performed which showed a considerable improvement in maximum urinary flow rate. The operation was successful even in patients with large adenomas, with a considerable reduction of the Boyarsky score (mean from 17.8 to 3.8) six months postoperatively. In conclusion TUIP is a good procedure in BPH. It is an easy technique without important complications.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Civile S. Andrea, Divisione di Urologia, La Spezia, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cerruti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*