What to look for after electrosurgery of the prostate

  The most common and effective method is transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), which has become the “gold standard” for the treatment of prostate enlargement in older men.  1. Post-operative bleeding. The actual fact is that you should pay attention to keep your bowels open for three months after surgery, eat more fruits and vegetables, honey or take oral laxatives (such as Benadryl), avoid cycling, stairs and running and other strenuous activities, and drink more water, avoid alcohol and spicy diet.  2, post-operative urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary pain. After prostatectomy, some patients have no significant improvement in urinary frequency, urinary urgency, painful urination and other symptoms, and even some patients further aggravated, more consider the postoperative trauma is not fully repaired, urinary irritation and the presence of urinary tract infection, so it is recommended that postoperative patients drink more water to keep urine, strengthen nutrition to promote the healing of surgical trauma, regular review of urinary routine treatment of urinary tract infection.  3, post-operative urinary effort.   4, postoperative urinary incontinence. Postoperative urinary incontinence is mostly temporary, through the pelvic floor muscle function exercise, more can be normalized in about 12 weeks, very few patients after a long time exercise still can not recover, need to go to the hospital for follow-up to rule out the possibility of urethral sphincter injury.