Precision, Safety, Relief: Experience the Bipolar TURP Advantage
Bipolar TURP is a modern surgical method, minimally invasive, used for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition that causes growth of the prostate gland and urinary symptoms. Over the past decades, it has been replaced by this procedure.
Overview of Bipolar TURP
The removal of excessive prostate tissues blocking urine passage through the urethra is done in bipolar TURP. The process is done using special equipment called a resectoscope, which is passed through the urethra and into the body to reach the point where the prostate lies. The resectoscope contains a camera that lets the practitioner view an area on a screen and a loop wire that carries an electrical current.
During this type of procedure, electricity flows between two poles located on each side of the resectoscope loop instead of being dispersed within the patient’s body as with a monopolar. This technique reduces the chances of complications, such as the rare but severe illness known as TUR syndrome, whose cause is the absorption of irrigation fluid when conducting an operation.
Advantages of Bipolar TURP
Effectiveness
Bipolar TURP can successfully resolve BPH-related manifestations like hesitancy, weak urinary flow, frequency, and incomplete bladder emptying.
Minimal Blood Loss
The bipolar method enhances blood vessel coagulation during this surgery, leading to less blood loss. This is especially important for patients on anticoagulants
Shorter Hospital Stay
Compared to open surgery, which is often invasive, such procedures are less extensive and, therefore, take a shorter time for recovery and hospitalizatio.
Suitable for Larger Prostatesy
Bipolar TURP has a broad range of applications, and it can be used on larger prostate glands that may not be treatable through other minimally invasive means.
Safety
One key benefit of bipolar TURP is its safety profile. It confines electrical current to the tissue around the resectoscope, reducing the risk of damage to adjacent tissue. Also, saline can be used as irrigation fluid rather than glycine solution, often employed in monopolar TURP, which poses some risks to patients.
Due to the use of saline in irrigants, there are fewer instances or possibilities that someone will experience an adverse event caused by glycine solution entering their bloodstream during surgery.
The Procedure
The patient often receives general or spinal anesthesia during the procedure. The resectoscope is inserted into the urethra to enter and guide it to the prostate gland. The obstructing prostatic tissues are excised using a bipolar loop and flushed out from the bladder using irrigation fluid. Bipolar energy allows accurate incision and coagulation, which significantly reduces bleeding with minimal complications.
After the resection is performed, a catheter is positioned in the bladder to drain urine and any remaining blood clots. The catheter is usually removed after one or two days when urine clears up and the patient can comfortably urinate independently.
Conclusion
Nevertheless, bipolar TURP appears to be very effective as well as safe for BPH treatment compared to monopolar TURP, which has been traditionally used. Its role in reducing cases of postoperative infection, which usually leads to prolonged hospital stays and other related expenses, has made it a choice for many patients and urologists. The operation performed very well in terms of success rates historically; hence, it remains an essential tool in managing prostate enlargement, among others