Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Prostate hyperplasia is a common and frequent disease in elderly men. According to the literature, the incidence of prostatic hyperplasia in men over 41 years of age is 30.5%, and its incidence is gradually increasing with age, which has become one of the main diseases endangering the health of elderly men, bringing great pain to many patients and seriously affecting the quality of life of elderly friends. The initial manifestation of prostate hyperplasia is frequent urination, especially at night, each time the urine volume is not much, there is a feeling of incomplete urination, and at the same time or subsequently urinary waiting, prolonged urination time, urine line thinning, shorter range, urine dripping at the end of urination, if not treated in time, the disease is gradually aggravated, urinary retention, urinary incontinence, easily lead to infection, bladder stones, hydronephrosis, and finally evolved into uremia. It is worth emphasizing that prostate hyperplasia is a relatively slow process, often several years or a dozen years. Many elderly people have a misconception that weakness in urination and prolonged urination time is merely a normal phenomenon for the elderly. The alertness is not high, and they suffer in silence. It is not until they develop urinary retention and are unable to urinate that they come to seek medical attention. By this time, it is already late in the disease and the lost part of kidney function cannot be recovered. There are two types of treatment for prostate hyperplasia: medication and surgery. Since the cause of prostatic hyperplasia is not very certain, there is a lack of medication to treat the cause. For patients in the early stages and those who cannot tolerate surgery, medication is generally used. The initial stage of treatment can have a certain degree of symptom relief, but the long term effect is not ideal. For patients with moderate hyperplasia or above, especially those with increased residual urine, bladder stones, bleeding, urinary retention, and urinary incontinence, it is best to take surgical treatment for prostate hyperplasia, which has satisfactory and long-lasting results. With the advancement of medicine, the surgical approach to prostate hyperplasia has changed significantly, from the initial traditional open surgery to the various transurethral resections of the prostate today, such as: transurethral resection of the prostate electrodes, transurethral laser resection of the prostate, vaporization electrodes of the prostate, transurethral plasma resection of the prostate. The transurethral resection of the prostate has long been the gold standard for the surgical treatment of prostatic hyperplasia, and in recent years, transurethral vaporization of the prostate and plasma resection have the advantages of traditional transurethral resection of the prostate and laser resection, less bleeding than transurethral resection of the prostate, higher efficiency than laser resection, and the advantages of safety, less trauma, no incision on the body surface, quicker recovery, shorter hospital stay, and fewer complications. It has the advantages of safety, less trauma, no incision on the body surface, quick recovery, short hospital stay, less complications, etc.