Emphysema in the elderly, whether prostate surgery can be done depends on the individual’s lung function, if the lung function is better, then prostate surgery can be done, anyway, then the surgery is not recommended. Emphysema is a chronic respiratory disease, which in severe cases leads to impaired ventilation and gas exchange in the lungs, and is one of the pathological changes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Prostate surgery is required to be performed under anesthesia, usually general anesthesia, which has certain requirements on the patient’s cardiopulmonary function. Therefore, elderly people suffering from emphysema need to check their lung function before undergoing prostate surgery operation. If their lung function is good and there are no other special conditions that can tolerate general anesthesia surgery, then they can undergo the operation, and if their lung function is poor, then it is not recommended to undergo the operation.