Source: Medical Channel Asia
Video Transcript:
Many current treatments for prostate enlargement are known to cause sexual side effects. But what if they don’t have to?
Keep watching to find out more.
Hello everyone, I’m Dr. Gerald Tan, Specialist Urologist at Advanced Urology. Benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH is a very common condition affecting men as they get older. In short, their prostates get larger, obstructing the opening of the bladder and making urination a lot more difficult.
In recent years, many new surgical innovations have come about for the treatment of prostatic obstruction. One of such exciting treatments is the Prostatic Urethral Lift or PUL. In essence, the PUL procedure involves the passage of an endoscope through the penis up into the prostate, where two to six stainless steel implants are then inserted permanently into the prostate lobes.
This allows the prostate lobes to be pushed apart and the channel leading out of the bladder to be wide open, thereby improving emptying of the bladder and improving urine flow for patients. The PUL procedure is commonly performed under monitored sedation or a short general anesthetic in the operating theatre or day surgery center. This takes around 10 to 15 minutes to complete, and the patient then wakes up and is observed. Once he’s able to pass urine, he can go home.
The main advantage of the PUL procedure is the absence of removal of any excess prosthetic tissue. This results in minimal bleeding and pain and a very quick recovery after the surgery. And patients often go home without needing a catheter. Increasingly, more and more studies now validate the PUL procedure as delivering rapid relief from bothersome urinary symptoms, as well as sustained improvement in urine flow for most men up to five years. Most importantly, the vast majority of patients undergoing the PUL procedure do not experience any sexual side effects. How’s that for quality of life?
If you are bothered by urinary symptoms, do not hesitate to consult your urologist who will do a detailed assessment of your prostate and your urine flow and advise you on the various surgical and medical options available today.
目前许多已知会的治疗前列腺肿大的方法将引起性方面的副作用。但如果他们不需要呢？继续观看，了解更多。
大家好，我是Dr. Gerald Tan，先进泌尿外科的专科医师。良性前列腺增生（BPH）是影响男性年龄增长的一种非常常见的疾病。简而言之，他们的前列腺变大了，阻塞了膀胱的开口，使排尿变得更加困难。近年来，针对前列腺梗阻的治疗出现了许多新的手术创新。其中一个令人兴奋的治疗是前列腺尿道提举术或PUL。从本质上讲，PUL手术是将内窥镜通过阴茎向上进入前列腺，然后将2 – 6枚不锈钢植入物永久植入前列腺叶。
这使得前列腺叶被推开，通向膀胱外的通道大开，从而改善膀胱排空和患者的尿流。PUL手术通常在监测镇静或短时间全身麻醉下在手术室或日间手术中心进行。这需要大约10到15分钟来完成，然后病人醒来并接受观察。一旦他能排尿了，他就可以回家了。PUL的主要优点是不需要移除任何多余的假体组织。这种方法出血少，疼痛轻，术后恢复快。病人通常不需要导管就可以回家。越来越多的研究证实PUL是一种有效的治疗方法
对大多数男性而言，可快速缓解恼人的泌尿系统症状，并持续改善尿流长达5年。最重要的是，绝大多数接受PUL手术的患者没有任何性方面的副作用。这对生活质量来说怎么样？
如果你被泌尿系统的症状所困扰，不要犹豫去现在就去咨询你的泌尿科医生，他们会对你的前列腺和尿流进行详细的评估，并就目前可用的各种手术和医疗方案提供建议。