title: [Transurethral electrosurgery in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia].
abstract: The article is devoted to topical problem of modern urology, one of the lines of surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)--transurethral electrosurgery. Physical principles which are the basis of transurethral electrosurgical interventions and influence of transurethral electrosurgery on prostatic tissue are described. Methods of necessary preoperative examination of patients with BPH are presented. The most often used transurethral electrosurgical technique for destruction of hyperplastic prostatic tissue is described. The results of 5-year use of combination of transurethral electroresection and electrovaporisation in the treatment of BPH and its complications are presented. Ways of prophylaxis of possible complications are proposed.
authors.forename: Iu G
authors.initials: IuG
authors.lastname: Aliaev
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rapoport
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Vinarov
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Tsarichenko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate