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Transurethral Resection of the ProstateAka: TURP

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  1. Indications
    1. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  2. Efficacy
    1. Most common surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
    2. Reduces symptoms in 88% of patients
  3. Complications
    1. Initial adverse effects
      1. Blood loss requiring transfusion: 1%
      2. Mortality: 0.2% (as high as 10% if age over 80 years)
      3. Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection: 5 to 10%
    2. Longterm adverse effects
      1. Unsatisfactory longterm outcome
        1. Inadequate relief of BPH symptoms: 20-25%
        2. Reoperation rate within 10 years: 15 to 20%
      2. Impotence: 5-10% (evaluate potency prior to TURP)
      3. Retrograde ejaculation: 70 to 75%
      4. Urinary Incontinence: 2 to 4%
  4. References
    1. Cooner (1994) Prostate Disease, AAFP, p. 9-15
    2. Dull (2002) Am Fam Physician 66(1):77
    3. Oesterling (1995) N Engl J Med 332(2):99

Transurethral Resection of Prostate (C0040771)

Definition (NCI)(TRANZ-yoo-REE-thral ree-SEK-shun) Surgical procedure to remove tissue from the prostate using an instrument inserted through the urethra.
Definition (MSH)Removal of all or part of the PROSTATE, often using a cystoscope and/or resectoscope passed through the URETHRA.
Definition (NCI)Resection of the prostate using a cystoscope passed through the urethra.
ConceptsTherapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
ICD960.2, 60.29
MSHD020728
EnglishEndoscopic prostatectomy, Endoscopic resection of prostate, Loop prostatectomy, Prostate Transurethral Resection, Prostate Transurethral Resections, Transurethral Prostate Resection, Transurethral Prostate Resections, Transurethral Prostatectomies, TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATECTOMY, Transurethral Prostatic Resection, Transurethral Resection of Prostate, transurethral resection of the prostate, TUR of prostate, TURP, TURP - Transurethral resection of prostate, TURPs
Spanishprostatectomia en asa, prostatectomia transuretral
Parent ConceptsOperation on male genital system (C0194675), Operations on prostate and seminal vesicles (C0161925), Prostatectomy (C0033573), Transurethral Resection (C1519630), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesCCS, COSTAR, CSP, ICD9CM, LCH, MSH, MTH, MTHICD9, NCI, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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