Treatment Options For Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Prostatectomy

If other treatments are not working, a prostatectomy may be necessary. This is a surgical procedure that involves moving some or all of the prostate gland. Since it is a serious medical procedure, patients need to check into a hospital and get general anesthesia. There are several different types of prostatectomies depending on where you get an incision and how much of the prostate is removed. During the surgery, the surgeon will make an incision along either the perineum or the lower part of the abdomen. They will then either remove the entire prostate gland or just get rid of part of it. A surgery that involves only removing part of the prostate is done to spare sensitive nerves in the area. Thanks to new surgical techniques like laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgery, prostatectomies are no longer as difficult to recover from as they used to be. You will just have some soreness for a few weeks and need to wear a catheter for a little while.