Background: Monopolar transurethral resection of prostate has long been a standard method of managements of benign prostatic hyperplasia. The safe and superior efficacy of transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) always argues strongly for maintaining it as the primary mode of therapy for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). There is a trend toward early catheter removal after tr...

Academia Anesthesiologica International, Vol (1), Issue (1) Page 10 A Comparison of the Effects of Bipolar Plasma Kinetic and Monopolar Transurethral Resection on the Incidence of Transurethral Resection Syndrome Dilsen Ornek1, Cihan Doger3, Kadriye Kahveci2, Kemal Oskay4, İsmail Aytaç1, Aysun Postacı1,Semih Başkan1, Kaan Aktaş5, Serkan Gökkaya5 1Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, De...

We report a case of transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) syndrome. A 78-year-old man with prostatic hypertrophy was scheduled for transurethral resection of the prostate under spinal anesthesia. 30 minutes after the end of the surgery, the patient presented signs of TURP syndrome with bradycardia, arterial hypotension, cyanosis, hypoxemia and coma. The electrolytes analysis revealed an ac...

Metastatic malignant melanoma of the prostate is extremely rare in clinical practice, and only one case has been reported in the English literature in the past 30 years. We report a case of malignant melanoma that metastasized to the prostate and review the current literature. A 50-year-old man with a history of malignant melanoma metastasis to the left axilla, which was excised 3 years ago, pr...