[Endoscopic anterior commissurotomy (EAC) versus TUR as the treatment for the neck obstruction syndrome. Our experience. The results]

Actas Urol Esp. 1999 Jan;23(1):51-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: 30 patients were included over a 5-year period in a protocol divided into two uniform cohorts (age, surgical risk, prostatic volume, etc.). Both groups are compared based on morphological effectiveness, functionality, quality of life parameters, etc. Also a comparison on the efficacy of anterior commissurotomy vs. conventional TUR is carried out.

Method: After 12 hours, a cohort of 15 patients had a Collins' loop section of the vesical neck anterior aspect, a technique described by Keitzer (1969).

Results: Results were optimal and superior to those obtained with TUR. We conclude this technique is effective, and emphasize the validity of the concepts described by Gil Vernet in 1956.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Period
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / physiopathology
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder / physiopathology
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / physiopathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / surgery*
  • Urodynamics