What are the complications of minimally invasive prostate surgery?

Complications of minimally invasive prostate surgery mainly include injury, bleeding, infection, and electrodessication syndrome. The first complication of minimally invasive prostate surgery is injury, such as urethral injury, perforation, and ureteral orifice injury. Postoperative bleeding may be seen in some patients and can occur within a week or even three months after surgery. Electrodessication syndrome refers to electrodessication-induced water intoxication, which is caused by the massive absorption of irrigated bladder fluid into the bloodstream during surgery, and is very dangerous when it occurs. Some patients may develop urinary tract infections such as cystitis and epididymitis. Distant complications include urethral stenosis and urinary incontinence. Individual middle-aged and elderly male patients may develop sexual dysfunction, such as erectile dysfunction. Minimally invasive prostate surgery is currently the main method of clinical treatment of prostate hyperplasia, minimally invasive surgery is generally small incisions, less bleeding, fast recovery after surgery, minimally invasive does not mean that there is no risk, if you need to perform minimally invasive prostate surgery patients, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital to avoid delays in the condition.