Prostate enlargement (prostate hypertrophy) is a common disease in older men, the onset of most after 50 years of age, the prostate gland grows slowly after birth, accelerates after puberty, and remains constant in volume until middle age, about 4 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm in size. The actual fact is that the prostate tends to be enlarged and the gland gradually increases in size as you grow older. When the enlarged prostate reaches a certain level, it compresses the urethra and causes a series of symptoms such as difficulty in urination. As people’s living standards and health conditions continue to improve, the average life expectancy of our people has reached 70 years, prostate hyperplasia has become a common disease in urology, due to the obstruction it causes in the urinary tract, affecting urination and directly threatening kidney function. The prostate hyperplasia occurs in older men, generally after the age of 50, and the onset gradually increases with age, according to domestic statistics, about 36-38% of older people over 50 years old have prostate hyperplasia. The prostate gland is located at the outlet of the bladder, around the special location of the urethra, once the hyperplasia occurs, it will press the urethra from all sides, so that the urine discharge from the bladder is blocked, causing a series of pathologies in the urinary system. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of the problem, and you will have to use more force to get the urine out of the narrowed urethra. As the prostate continues to grow, the urethra becomes more narrow and the strength of the bladder wall is no longer able to discharge urine completely out of the body, not only will there be residual urine in the bladder, but the weak areas of the bladder wall will also protrude, forming a lesion medically known as a diverticulum. When the prostate enlargement develops even more, the bladder wall becomes more dilated, thinner and weaker, at which point the patient will experience urine loss, which is medically known as filling incontinence. The next to be affected is the upper urinary tract, as the bladder often fills up and cannot discharge urine effectively, the urine produced by the kidneys cannot be transported to the bladder via the ureter in time, which inevitably leads to fluid accumulation in the renal pelvis (the hollow part of the kidney) and compression of the renal parenchyma, damaging the function of the kidneys. After the blockage of the entire urinary tract occurs, complications of infection and stones follow. Just as a clear drainage pipe is clean and smooth, while a blocked pipe is full of mud, the obstruction of the urinary tract makes it easy for bacteria to multiply and stones to form. Surgery is recommended when: 1) you are severely disturbed by symptoms and medication is ineffective; 2) you have recurrent episodes of acute urinary retention with no urination; 3) you have recurrent episodes of urinary tract infection or blood in urine; 4) you have a complication of hydronephrosis and renal impairment; 5) you have a combination of bladder stones, bladder diverticulum or inguinal hernia.