Transurethral Prostatic Resection for Acute Urinary Retention in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Abstract

TURP can be performed safely for relief of AUR in patients with prostate cancer, no matter if the cancer was diagnosed before or after surgery. The higher Gleason score and more advanced cancer stage, as found in group A, may correlate to high recatheterization and reoperation rates due to preexisting tumor progression.