title: A huge benign prostatic hyperplasia presenting with renal failure.
abstract: Although transurethral resection of the prostate is still standard of care in many patients suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia, traditional open prostatectomy (OP) seems as a widely applied method in larger glands. In spite of the fact that holmium laser enucleation can be performed in large glands, upper limits of prostate size in this method are not clearly identified in the current literature. In this case, we aim to report feasibility and efficacy of OP in huge prostate size measured as 680 ml by transrectal ultrasound and review the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kars State Hospital, Kars, Turkey cembasatac@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basatac
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kars State Hospital, Kars, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Cagatay
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cicek