Medicare usually covers TURP surgery, which doctors may perform at an ambulatory surgical center or in a hospital. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is a medical procedure that may help ...

Dr. Robert Uzzo answers the question: 'Who Gets Robotic/Laparoscopic Surgery?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: Who is an appropriate candidate for a laparoscopic or robot-assisted prostatectomy? Answer: ...

A new procedure at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley is helping men with a common medical issue as they age. While stress incontinence is a common issue in women‚ leading to urinary leakage ...

Source: Getty Images Using the US nationwide Epic Cosmos database, investigators analyzed over 420,000 real-world BPH procedures performed from 2014 to 2024. In a real-world study, minimally invasive ...

Q: What can you tell me about the aftereffects of surgical anesthesia? I am a healthy 72-year-old man, still very active. Five days ago, I had TURP prostate surgery. Now I’m plodding through a ...

The presence of scar tissue, periprostatic fibrosis, and inflammation due to previous surgery increases the complexity of some surgical tasks, according to investigators. Undergoing radical ...

Steven Black could not urinate. The pain sent the Cedar Park man to the emergency room for treatment. That November in 2019, Black, then 58, spent five days in the hospital, where doctors determined ...

Exposure to harmful gases in the operating room (OR) is an occupational risk for healthcare personnel, but this issue remains insufficiently recognized in transurethral resection (TUR) procedures.

Medicare will typically cover TURP surgery if a doctor determines it is medically necessary for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Coverage varies based on hospital status. Medicare Part A ...