What are the side effects of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)?
The therapy called the transurethral resection of the prostate is performed for benign disease (BPH). When BPH becomes obstructive, the only treatment possible, when the medication does not give good results, is the TURP or the BPH prostatectomy. What you can tell about the transurethral resection of the prostate is that after the surgery, the patients are very happy because their stream is very good, so they feel much better than before. They have less symptoms, so they feel much better than before. But there is always some type of consequence. The first one is retrograde ejaculation. That means that when they have intercourse and orgasm, the ejaculation goes back to the bladder and not outside. The patient usually knows this before and accepts this when they make the decision to have the surgery, knowing that there is this type of morbidity. Incontinence can also often be observed after this type of treatment. The technique that we use now, using a good lance and a good video camera,
