Abstract

Background: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common benign neoplasm of the aging male. The incidence of prostatomegaly increased with age. Enlargement of prostate is the disease of the advancing years and is never seen in early life. It is common disease of man and up to now 2 to 4 of 10 men in their sixties is operated for BPH.

Objectives: To clinically study the pre-operative prostate weight and post-operative prostate weight in transurethral resection of the prostate patients with reference to prostatic weight loss and compare it with western studies.

Materials and Methods: This study is carried out in Owaisi Hospital & Deccan College of medical sciences, Hyderabad from August 2011 to September 2013. A total 63 cases of BPH , aged between 43-85 years ( mean age 62.8y) with the lower urinary tract symptoms were evaluated by using American Urological Association (AUA) score, Q max

Key words: BPH, PSA, AUA, TURP