Deploying new techniques at Military Hospital 4

(Baonghean.vn) - Military Hospital 4 has successfully performed the technique of treating benign prostatic hyperplasia by vaporization and cutting the tumor with a bipolar cautery knife through endoscopy.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a common disease in the elderly. People with the disease often have urinary retention, difficulty urinating, frequent urination during the day, incomplete urination, affecting the quality of daily life. When medical treatment is not effective, surgical treatment is required.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery by vaporization and endoscopic bipolar scalpel resection.

Compared with the old surgical methods of open prostatectomy or endoscopic prostatectomy through the urethra with a monopolar cautery knife, this new method has many outstanding advantages in terms of patient safety such as: less bleeding, faster recovery time and economic savings... With the help of professors and doctors of Military Hospital 103, in the past time, Military Hospital 4 has successfully received the transfer of the technique of vaporization and endoscopic prostatectomy with a bipolar knife.

This method has been researched and applied in major medical centers domestically and internationally.

Le Thanh Hoe