Recently, the Second People’s Hospital of Shanghai successfully performed laser enucleation of the prostate for an elderly patient. This technology has successfully brought good news to many elderly patients and established a good reputation among the people.
Grandpa Feng is 90 years old this year. In recent years, he has repeatedly experienced urinary retention. Because of frequent urination, urgency, nocturia and difficulty urinating, the quality of life has been seriously affected. Although his family wanted to ask Grandpa Feng to undergo surgery many times, they were worried that the old man would be frail due to his advanced age and hesitant to do so.
After being admitted to the hospital, Grandpa Feng was diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia after detailed examination by the doctor. Surgery is the best solution. Because Grandpa Feng is an elderly patient and has many basic diseases such as cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and nervous system, it not only makes the operation more difficult, but also increases the risk of surgery and the incidence of complications.
The professional technical team of urology, after careful preoperative examination, repeatedly discussed the intraoperative and postoperative risks and possible adverse reactions, and formulated detailed countermeasures. In close cooperation with the backbone team of the anesthesiology department, the operation went very smoothly. After the operation, Grandpa Feng recovered well under the careful care of the urological medical staff. The catheter was removed on the fourth day after the operation, and he urinated smoothly on his own. He has been cured and discharged from the hospital a few days ago.
According to Wu Wei, director of the Department of Urology, benign prostatic hyperplasia is the most common cause of urination disorders in middle-aged and elderly men. Early surgery, so that the most satisfactory results can be achieved after cure, and the risk of surgery is relatively low.
Currently, the Department of Urology of the Second City Hospital has matured to carry out transurethral laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and electrical plasma resection (TURP). Among them, HoLEP was first carried out in our city and has become a routine operation in the department. It is very mature and reliable in terms of treatment and nursing. (Huang Lili)