TURP facts & figures

  1. Most men aged over 50 (1) will suffer from BPH at some time in their lives, with incidence increasing with age
  2. If you have close relatives who had BPH and a TURP when young (60 years or less), you have a four-fold higher risk of requiring a TURP when young compared with other men (2)
  3. About 40,000 TURP operations are performed annually in the UK, but not every man with BPH requires one (3)
  4. Nine out of 10 men say their symptoms are improved three years after the TURP, compared with only four out of 10 men who did not have the operation (4)
  5. Three-quarters of men (5) who undergo a TURP say that their toilet habits are better than before the operation (5)

Infolinks:

Refs:

  1. Cancer Research UK | Can an enlarged prostate turn into cancer? | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last updated 16 March 2009
  2. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) | Target Prostate | Accessed Sep 2009 |
  3. Weston Health Area NHS Trust | Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)(pdf) p 7 | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last reviewed Jul 2009 | Next review Jul 2010
  4. Weston Health Area NHS Trust | Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)(pdf) | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last reviewed Jul 2009 | Next review Jul 2010
  5. Weston Health Area NHS Trust | Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)(pdf)p 13 | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last reviewed Jul 2009 | Next review Jul 2010

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