TURP

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TURP

(tɜːp)

n acronym for

(Surgery) surgery transurethral resection of the prostate: a surgical procedure in which an electronic cutting implement is fed through the urethra to remove part of an enlarged prostate

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Noun

TURP - removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)

transurethral resection of the prostate

resection - surgical removal of part of a structure or organ

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TURP

abbr transurethral resection of the prostate. V. resection.

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We retrospectively reviewed data of patients who underwent TURP between 2007 and 2017.

Is Routine Measurement of Post-operative Hemoglobin and Electrolytes Necessary in Every Patient After Transurethral Resection of the Prostate?/Transuretral Prostat Rezeksiyonu Sonrasi Her Hastada Postoperatif Hemoglobin ve Elektrolitlerin Rutin Olcumu Gerekli midir?

It's been shown to be safe and effective in several small trials and as good as TURP.

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The plaintiff and defendant canceled the TURP, and the plaintiff was continued on medication.

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Prostate was found hard in 6%, with immobile mucosa in 1%, tenderness in 22%, upper margin not approachable in 6% and Nodularity in 3% of the cases Lyari General Hospital is catering the surgical needs, especially endoscopic gold standard option (TURP), of the patients not only from Lyari but also from Baluchistan and Iran along with remote and underdeveloped areas of Sindh.

Experience of hundred cases of transurethral resection of prostate at tertiary care hospital in Karachi

Though, traditionally the catheter is removed at around 4 days post-TURP, there is little or no mention of the exact duration of catheterisation following TURP in literature.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EARLY REMOVAL VERSUS CONVENTIONAL PRACTICE OF FOLEY'S CATHETER REMOVAL AFTER TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE

This is due to the fact that these patients show worse results after TURP treatment, while open prostatectomy remains the last treatment option due to its invasiveness and potential complications.

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Patients suffering from kidney stones and Benign Prostate disease will be treated by RIRS and HoLEP along with ESWL, PCNL and TURP and they will not have to travel abroad for such procedures, he added.

Two days workshop on RIRS and HOLEP held at Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore

Review of the literature indicates that blue nevus typically presents as a single focus and is characteristically diagnosed on TURP and prostatectomy specimens.

A Rare Case of Multifocal Prostatic Blue Nevus

up to 27% at the time of TURP. Nowadays due to increased use of PSA for screening of prostatic cancer the incidence of incidental prostatic cancer in TURP specimens is low4.

FREQUENCY OF INCIDENTALLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CARCINOMA IN TRANSURETHRALLY RESECTED PROSTATE SPECIMENS

Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Prof Dr Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab expressed satisfaction over the new facility and said that the bipolar turp would be low-cost and more beneficial for the patients, as it was costing around Rs 3 lakh in the private sector, while at General Hospital it would be almost free-of-cost.