A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF SUPRAPUBIC TRANSVESICAL PROSTATECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

Abstract

Our study confirms the excellent clinical outcome of transvesical prostatectomy, and rapid improvement of most subjective and objective parameters during the 4 weeks after surgery. Bladder hypertrophy appears to be significantly reduced after prostate surgery. The urodynamic results in patients who underwent open surgery probably represent the maximum obtainable relief of obstruction and should be considered the reference standard to which all other treatments, including transurethral resection, should aspire.