Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP) or prostate removal is a surgical solution for removing a part of prostate in males who have an enlarged prostate gland. This condition is termed as "Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia" in medical terms.
Before scheduling the actual date for your Transurethral Resection of Prostate procedure, you will have to undergo a few diagnostic tests for helping the doctor to know the status of the enlarged prostate and also know its severity and urgency of surgery.
A general anesthetic is first injected into the patient's body before starting the TURP surgery. Thereby, an instrument called a resectoscope which comprises of camera, a light and loop of wire is used to conduct the prostate removal surgery. The camera fitted in the resectoscope helps the urologist in reaching till the exact prostate pieces that have been affected due to enlargement. Thereafter the loop of wire in the resectoscope is heated for cutting away the section of the prostate that has become enlarged. After that, a catheter then removes the said pieces of enlarged prostate. The surgeon then keeps the catheter inside the body for proper drainage of urine.
The Transurethral Resection of Prostate surgery has many advantages attached to it, which is why it is referred to men suffering from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: