Abstract:
Background: The treatment of urinary bladder outlet obstruction secondary to BPH is
pharmacologic (medical) and surgical. Prostatectomy for patients with BPH is one of the most
frequent operations performed in the world (3).TVP may be safely performed in areas with poor
socioeconomic condition by adequately trained surgeons who have no sufficient endoscopic
equipment. In many parts of our country, patients do not usually admit for treatment until they
have acute urinary retention, even though they have had diminishing caliber and strength of the
urinary stream for months. So TVP is the only option and this study aim to evaluate how open
prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an acceptable option with a high degree
of safety and efficacy in areas where the TURP equipment is lacking or this operation is
technically impossible.
.Method: Prospective cross sectional study was used. All patients admitted to surgical ward
with the diagnosis of BOO secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia and undergone transvesical
prostatectomy were included. No sampling technique was used. All patients admitted to surgical
ward with the diagnosis of BOO secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia were traced and data
were collected from patients record using structured questionnaire by principal investigator and
residents. After checking completeness of data, it was analyzed IPSS
Results: Among 60 patients admitted to JUMC for TVP during the study period, 4(6.6%) were
in the age range of 40-50, 28(46.6%) in the age range 51-60, 19(31.6%) were in the 61-70,
7(11.6%) were in the 71-80 and two(3.3) patients >80.Among 60 patients who were undergone
TVP during the study period 53(88.3) patients had complaint of progressive lower urinary tract
symptoms, of which the predominant complain were frequency, urgency, dribbling, and nocturia
83.01%, 75.5% and 50.9% in decreasing order. Complaint of poor stream and hesitancy were
identified in 17(32.0%) and 15(28.3%) patients respectively. The least complaint was
incontinence. Of these 60 patients admitted for the operation during the study period, twenty
eight (46.67%) patients had history of acute urinary retention for which they were kept on
catheter. Thirteen (21.6%) patients were having chronic urinary retention with deranged renal
function of various degree.
Conclusion: Many patients presented with bladder outlet obstruction aged 6th and 7th, almost
half admitted for transvesical prostatectomy were have had one or more acute urinary retention
by the time they presented. The transvesical prostatectomy is the only available and also
appropriate management with its acceptable, if correctly identified manageable, immediate and
late post operative complication