Patient's question:
I have very frequent urination, especially at night. It also recurs during the day. Over time, the frequency of urination has become even worse, and I also have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which is quite embarrassing. When I go to the toilet, the urine flow becomes thin or intermittent. How can I effectively treat benign prostatic hyperplasia?Doctor's answer:
The procedure can be performed as an emergency prostatectomy to prevent the recurrence of other complications. However, in addition to performing an emergency prostatectomy to resolve acute urinary retention, this approach is not widely supported. Generally, the patients are elderly, and long-term urinary obstruction has already severely compromised kidney function. They often also suffer from other systemic diseases. Moreover, the surgery itself is a major procedure. Therefore, if it were routinely performed, it would be absolutely inadvisable to proceed lightly. After bladder diversion, the issue of urination is resolved. Under the condition of sex hormone therapy, a comprehensive and thorough examination is conducted to understand the overall situation, and then the decision is made whether or not to proceed with a second-stage prostatectomy and whether it is feasible.