Transurethral Resection of Prostate Cost in Kolkata

Before surgery, your doctor will conduct some tests to check your bladder and urethra.

You may be asked not to eat or drink a few hours before the procedure.

Inform your doctor in case you’re put on any medication, especially if any blood thinning medication is being taken by you.

TURP is performed under general or spinal anesthesia. The procedure lasts about 1 to 2 hours depending on the type of technique used by your doctor.

During the surgery

• A long thin scope (called resectoscope) will be inserted through the opening of the penis. The scope will be allowed to traverse from bladder into the tube that carries the urine. The scope will determine the excess prostate tissues.
• In Open Prostatectomy, an incision will be made below the navel area and prostate will be accessed. Excess tissues causing blockage will be removed. Incision will be sutured.
• In Laser Prostatectomy, a laser will be passed through the scope. Laser generate intense heat to remove the excess tissues either by melting or cutting the tissues. 
• In Transurethral Needle Ablation, needles will be passed into the prostate. High frequency sound waves will be used to heat the needles that will cut the tissues.
• In Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy, a microwave scope will be used to pass heat to precisely destroy the tissues.
• In Transurethral Electrovaprorization, electric current will be used to resect the excess tissues.
• After the procedure, a tube will be placed in your bladder for a few hours to drain the urine. 

If open surgery is conduted a catheter will remain in your bladder for about 5 to 10 days, in case of minimally invasive techniques the catheter will be insterted for a few hours.

After open prostatectomy, the patients have to stay back in hospital for a few days while in other cases the patients can go back home in a day.

You can also expect the following

• Painful Urination
• Blood may be found in your urine

You will not be able to drive for a 7 to 10 day. You can resume normal routine (including sexual activites) after 6 to 8 weeks.

Risks of Prostate Resection Surgery include

• Heavy blood loss during the surgery
• Infection in the urinary tract
• Erectile dysfunction
• Difficulty in controlling the urine