Abstract
Effect of TUR-P and prostatectomy on sexual potency was studied by retrospective questionnaire to 56 patients who had surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia in 1978. 66% of patients had preoperative full potency and 43% of them remained full potent after TUR-P and 37.5% after prostatectomy.
Study of preoperative and postoperative retrograde urethrogram revealed that widening of bladder neck is not necessarily the cause of retrograde ejaculation.
Since sexual life is very important even in elderly peoples to keep their mind active, we should not neglect effect of surgery on sexual potency when we discuss about indication of prostate surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
