title: [Suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy with opening the prostatic cavity wide to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia of small volume].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate therapeutic effects suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy with opening the prostatic cavity wide on BPH with small volume.
  
  
  METHODS
  From Aug 1994 to Dec 2003, fifty-six patients with BPH of small volume were treated by suprapubic trans vesical prostatectomy with opening the prostatic cavity wide.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two patients have been followed up for 3 approximately 22 months. Neither incontinence nor bladder outlet obstruction had been observed. IPSS, QOL and PVR decreased from (31.0 +/- 2.3) score, (4.5 +/- 0.4) score and (230.0 +/- 30.0) ml (pre-operative) to (7.5 +/- 2.0) score, (1.5 +/- 0.5) score and disappearance (post-operative) respectively. All these differences were statistically significant (P <0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The procedure is effective for the patient with BPH of small volume.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Naval Anqing Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Jin-zhi
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*