The Department of Urology successfully carried out "transurethral prostate suspension dilation" to benefit patients

The 75-year-old Mr. Wang has been wearing a urinary catheter because of long-term difficulty urinating and repeated urinary retention caused by prostate hyperplasia, which has seriously affected his quality of life. After the Spring Festival in 2023, the old man came to the Department of Urology, hoping to completely get rid of the problem of ureteral catheter through surgery.

After admission, the urology team immediately arranged a rigorous and detailed comprehensive examination and evaluation for the old man, and then found that he also suffered from hypertrophic obstructive heart disease. This is a very dangerous disease and there is always a risk of sudden death. This means great risks and challenges for the urological surgical team.

Difficulties ensued. Normally, prostate hyperplasia surgery needs to be performed under general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia, but after evaluation, the anesthesiologist believed that the old man's current physical condition was too risky for anesthesia, and he was not suitable for surgery with Anesthetic products. But without anesthesia, the operation could not be performed, which made the old man and his family anxious. .

"We are the National Geriatrics Center, and we must find a solution to the problem!" Considering the old man's specific situation, the surgical team, led by Liu Ming, director of the Department of Urology of the Hospital, decided to actively apply the newly launched domestic method after careful analysis and discussion.

This new technology is to drive "pins" into the prostate through the urethra to pull the proliferated tissue to the surroundings, thus suspending and expanding the urethra by ureteral stent, allowing the urethra to become unobstructed again. Its biggest advantage is that it is more minimally invasive and faster. Compared with traditional surgery, the operation time is significantly shortened, and the side effects caused by traditional surgery are greatly reduced, so it has less impact on the patient's body. After obtaining the consent of the old man and his family, the team decided to use this technology and do their best to relieve the elderly's pain.

Make up your mind and move. In view of the old man's physical condition, the surgical anesthesiologist and nurse used an individualized method of "local urethral anesthesia assisted intravenous anesthesia" to avoid the higher risks of general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia, and provided comprehensive care during the entire operation. Close monitoring was followed; then, Director Liu Ming led the surgical team to successfully apply the "UroLift" technology for the operation, and implanted 4 "bundles" during the operation, effectively solving the fundamental problem of the patient's pain.

The entire operation went very smoothly, taking less than 20 minutes, and the amount of bleeding was very small. After the operation, the old man quickly resumed smooth urination, completely got rid of the troubles of difficulty urinating and long-term indwelling urinary catheter, and was discharged from the hospital smoothly to continue his recovery.

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