Is Complete Resection of Hypertrophic Adenoma of the Prostate Possible with TURP?

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Online ISSN : 1347-3409
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Is Complete Resection of Hypertrophic Adenoma of the Prostate Possible with TURP?

Yuji Shimizu, Yasunori Hiraoka, Kazuya Iwamoto, Hirofumi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Abe, Hideya Ogawa

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Keywords: prostatic hyperplasia, transurethral resection of prostate

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2005 Volume 72 Issue 3 Pages 146-148

DOI https://doi.org/10.1272/jnms.72.146

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Abstract

Whether complete resection was possible with TURP was explained. A lot of adenoma remains after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), the other hand transurethral enucleation of the prostate (TUE) is useful for complete resection of an adenoma.

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