Is prostate surgery risky?

Is prostate surgery risky?

Doctors will only recommend surgical treatment for prostatitis when it is very serious, because prostatitis is a common urinary disease in men. This disease is generally related to the patient's kidney function and sexual function. Therefore, the patient must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment while he is alive to prevent the disease from getting worse. So, are there risks in prostate surgery?

Any surgery is a risky medical procedure. Radical prostatectomy is actually a relatively complicated surgical procedure in urology. It is at the fourth level in the surgical classification and requires experienced senior doctors to perform it. Its risk is greater than that of general urology surgery. Any surgery is risky. However, radical prostatectomy has now become a routine surgical procedure in our urology department. Medicine is constantly improving and developing. There are more and more cases of prostate cancer surgery in China, especially in medical centers. The effectiveness and safety of the surgery are gradually improving. Relatively speaking, the risk of radical prostatectomy is not significantly higher than other types of surgery. Generally speaking, the risk of radical prostatectomy is relatively low. Of course, it also has a certain relationship with the patient's physical condition and illness.

Is prostate surgery risky?

There are certain risks in prostate surgery, but now the technology of prostate surgery is very mature. The specific risk depends on the size of the hospital chosen by the patient. As long as it is a surgery, whether it is a major surgery or a minor surgery, there will be certain risks. Even minimally invasive surgery will have risks. Therefore, prostate patients should go to a regular hospital when choosing a hospital. This can reduce the risk of surgery and have a certain guarantee for the safety and success rate of the surgery.

If it is not treated in time in the early stage, drug treatment will be needed in the middle stage, such as anti-steroid drugs or 5a-reductase inhibitors, which are common drugs. However, for patients with enlarged prostate, minimally invasive surgery is more common during treatment. In addition, there are electrochemical surgery through the urethra and prostate, laser therapy, cryotherapy and radio frequency ablation. Cryotherapy is to first freeze the prostate at a low temperature, and then wait for the prostate tissue to necrotize and fall off to achieve the purpose of treatment. Microwave therapy is to use microwaves to thermally coagulate the prostate.

Is prostate surgery risky? Regardless of the disease being treated, or whether it is a major or minor surgery, there will be certain risks involved in any surgery. The risk index depends not only on the disease, but also on the hospital chosen by the patient. Regular hospitals tend to have higher medical technology, so the risk rate during surgery is relatively low.

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