Prostatectomy

The prostate gland is located in the male pelvis, below the bladder. This gland is located between the bladder and the penis of men. Sometimes prostate surgery is needed to treat prostate cancer, serious diseases of the urinary tract, or an enlarged prostate. Prostatectomy involves some surgical procedure that is used to remove part or all of the prostate gland.

Application of prostatectomy

In most cases, prostatectomy is performed in the topical treatment of prostate cancer. This method can be used alone or in combination with radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy to treat patients. Prostatectomy for prostate cancer involves removing the entire prostate, seminal vesicles, and some surrounding tissues, such as the lymph nodes. It can be said that in fact, one of the most difficult surgeries in the field of urology is prostatectomy. Some doctors believe that radical open prostatectomy is the gold standard treatment for prostate cancer; obviously in cases where the cancer has not left the prostate tissue and has not spread.

If the cancer has not spread outside the prostate, a prostatectomy can cure the cancer and no additional treatment is needed. Prostatectomy reduces the spread of cancer and can also reduce the death rate from this cancer. In this surgery, all the prostate tissue between the bladder and the urethra, along with the seminal vesicles and the end of the seminal vesicles, is removed from the patient’s body.

Reason for prostatectomy

As mentioned, prostatectomy is performed to treat prostate cancer. This is done alone or in combination with other treatments such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy. To treat prostate cancer, prostate surgery is performed by open radical prostatectomy, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and radical robotic prostatectomy. Another type of surgery, or simple prostate surgery, is generally recommended for men who have severe urinary symptoms and are suffering from it; and their prostate gland is very large. But it is not generally recommended for people with prostate cancer. In a simple prostatectomy to treat an enlarged prostate, the entire prostate is not removed. In this operation, the surgeon removes only the part of the prostate that has blocked the flow of urine. In this way, this surgery eliminates the complications of urinary obstruction. Symptoms include incontinence and frequent urination, difficulty urinating, slow urine flow, prolonged bladder emptying, frequent urination at night, stopping and starting the flow of urine when emptying the bladder, feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder, and general inability to Urinate.