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Is Complete Resection of Hypertrophic Adenoma of the Prostate Possible with TURP?

Yuji Shimizu, Yasunori Hiraoka, Kazuya Iwamoto, Hirofumi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Abe and Hideya Ogawa

Department of Urology, Tama Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School

Whether complete resection was possible with TURP was explained. A lot of adenoma remains after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), the other hand transurethral enucleation of the prostate (TUE) is useful for complete resection of an adenoma.

J Nippon Med Sch 2005; 72: 146-148

Keywords
prostatic hyperplasia, transurethral resection of prostate

Correspondence to
Yasunori Hiraoka, M.D., Department of Urology, Tama Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan
hiraokay@nms.ac.jp

Received, September 27, 2004
Accepted, February 2, 2005