title: Midline Prostatic Cyst Marsupialization Using Holmium Laser.
abstract: Many of the prostatic cysts are asymptomatic and only 5% are symptomatic (Hamper et al., 1990; Higashi et al., 1990). These symptoms include pelvic pain, hematospermia, infertility, voiding dysfunction, prostatitis-like syndrome, and painful ejaculation. Treatment of prostatic cysts includes TRUSG guided drainage, endoscopic transurethral resection, and in some cases even open surgery. In the literature, endoscopic interventions use marsupialization of the midline prostatic cyst with transurethral resection (TUR) or transurethral incision with endoscopic urethrotomy (Dik et al., 1996; Terris, 1995). Holmium: YAG laser was employed for the marsupialization of the cyst wall in midline prostatic cyst treatment for the first time in the present study. Symptoms, treatment, and follow-up are presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42080 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilinc
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Konya Education and Research Hospital, 42090 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yunus Emre
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Goger
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42080 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piskin
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42080 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balasar
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42080 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kandemir