Talk:Transurethral resection of the prostate

Improved reliability of data in the Types of TURP section by adding in a comparison between monopolar and bipolar TURP surgeries from a Cochrane review. --Gsom12812 (talk) 16:06, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Urethra
Isn't the urethra a tube, with its own lining, that passes **through** the prostrate? If so, how does TURP not chop up the urethra itself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:AC08:A600:31F4:8C69:773:EDB6 (talk) 18:56, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

integrity of bladder wall
In medical diagrams, the prostate is located outside and below the bladder, with the urethra passing through it. Thus it would seem that any transurethral procedure, operating from within the bladder to remove tissue from the prostate, would have to cut through the bladder wall to reach the prostate. Why this does not happen is not well explained. Does a lobe of the prostate fuse with the bladder wall and protrude into the bladder? If this is what is removed, how does that help with restriction of the urethra where it passes through the prostate below the bladder? Explanation of the "ball-valve" effect might be warranted here. Eaberry (talk) 18:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC)