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How to Choose Surgical Treatment for Prostatitis?

Can surgery treat prostatitis?

By Amanda ChouPublished 7 months ago 3 min read
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How to Choose Surgical Treatment for Prostatitis?
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Prostatitis is a common male disease that causes much pain for men because it is difficult to cure and is prone to recurrence. Although there are many treatments for prostatitis, the chances of recurrence after cure are pretty high.

Some patients with chronic prostatitis can't stand the torture of the disease and want to cure it completely, so surgery to remove the prostate can be said to be a once-and-for-all method, in their opinion.

Surgery generally consists of the following two forms:

Transurethral prostatectomy

Men with chronic bacterial prostatitis that does not respond to long-term antibiotic treatment and who have frequent recurrent urinary tract infections may need surgery to remove part of the prostate. Men with infected prostate stones may consider surgery to remove the stones. The surgery to deal with all of these conditions is called a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). When TURP is performed, the surgeon uses a long, thin tube called a cystoscope to remove part of the prostate through the urethra. The procedure is performed under general or regional anesthesia and should take less than 90 minutes.

Laparoscopic prostatectomy

Another approach used in cases of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis is Laparoscopic prostatectomy. Laparoscopic surgery has some benefits over a traditional radical prostatectomy but involves a larger incision and can have a long recovery period. Half of men may suffer from urinary incontinence after the procedure, with older men more likely to be affected than younger men. More serious risks include blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, and infections.

So, can you have surgery for prostatitis?

If prostatitis has gotten more severe, and severe chronic prostatitis has not been treated over the years with any other therapies that have been effective, the patient may want to consider prostatitis surgery. There are a number of different surgical options for prostatitis, but they are usually the last resort for treating chronic prostatitis. Surgery for prostatitis is usually only performed after all other treatments have failed, meaning that it is a last resort.

We can summarize the surgical treatment of prostatitis by saying that there are more cons than pros.

If acute prostatitis has caused prostate hyperplasia and prostate enlargement, causing the patient to have difficulty urinating, then surgery can be considered as a treatment. This is because surgery can effectively improve prostate enlargement and hyperplasia, thus effectively relieving the symptoms of difficult urination.

The disadvantages of surgical treatment of prostatitis are even more pronounced.

1.The vast majority of patients with chronic prostatitis are also able to achieve relatively satisfactory results after a long period of effective non-surgical treatment. Surgical treatment may also have severe consequences for patients, such as partial or complete loss of sexual and reproductive function.

2.Due to long-term inflammation, the prostate and surrounding tissues are prone to adhesion. In this case, it is easy to bleed during surgery, and the prostate cannot be removed easily. In addition, it is easy to damage the neighboring tissues and organs during the surgery and cause complications. Therefore, surgery for chronic prostatitis is complicated.

3.Surgical treatment of the prostate also requires a certain amount of equipment and technical skills. Importantly, surgery does not solve the problem in all patients, and clinical symptoms persist in many surgically treated patients.

In conclusion, surgery is not always the best treatment option for prostatitis. Prostatitis often stems from problems elsewhere in the body rather than the prostate itself. Given this, a whole-body approach using a number of different treatments is usually the most successful in treating prostatitis.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has accumulated thousands of years of history of treatments and experience in toning the whole body for patients with prostatitis. Prostatitis patients can take Chinese medicine diuretic and anti-inflammatory pill.

Firstly, this pill can regulate the patient's endocrine system to make it balanced. Secondly, it regulates patients' kidneys, promotes blood circulation, and accelerates detoxification. Thirdly, Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill also has the function of anti-inflammatory and bactericidal, which can kill all kinds of bacteria and viruses that cause diseases of the male genitourinary system and improve the immunity of patients to achieve the purpose of treating prostatitis.

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Amanda Chou

Looking to restore your life troubled by prostatitis, epididymitis, seminal vesiculitis and other male reproductive system diseases? Here are the resource to help you in this endeavor.

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