Gentlemen, pain below the belt should never be ignored. Here are a few things you should keep in mind if you experience pain in the pelvic or groin area.
Source: Urology Care Foundation – Below the Belt: Pain Men Shouldn’t Ignore
Gentlemen, pain below the belt should never be ignored. Here are a few things you should keep in mind if you experience pain in the pelvic or groin area.
Source: Urology Care Foundation – Below the Belt: Pain Men Shouldn’t Ignore
Dr. Fabrizio Dal Moro is an assistant professor of urology in Padova, Italy. He is a connection of mine on Linkedin. He creates interesting anatomic drawings that pertain to the particular surgery he may doing that day. Below is today’s submission by him. You can visit his website and see other drawings by him. Happy Valentines day from your little friend…the prostate!
The apple ain’t got nothing on the tomato!
Article Reviewed: Lycopene Inhibits Disease Progression in Patients With Benign Prostate Hyperplasia. Schwarz S, Obermuller-Jevic UC, et al: J Nutr; 2008; 138 (January): 49-53.
There are four features of the prostatic urethra seen immediately below. Furthest from view is the median lobe of the prostate which is positioned horizontally. Proximal to this is the bladder which cannot be seen due to the obstructive components of the prostate. Closer to the viewer are the median lobes of the prostate which come in to the channel of the prostate on the left and right and in addition to the median lobe cause the obstruction of urine flow. Then in the foreground is the verumonatum which is raised area in the prostate and where the seminal vesicles empty fluid from the seminal vesicles and testicles.
The significance of veru is that this represents the point of the prostate where the urologist stops the resection or laser treatment. Beyond the veru is the external sphincter and if this is resected or damaged then there is a risk of incontinence.
If you look closely at the veru you can see the small opening from which the above mentioned fluid emanates.
At the end of this GreenLight performed by Dr. McHugh, you’ll see the opened channel for the prostate from the bladder to the veru and the veru intact which means that the resection did no proceed beyond the point of compromising incontinence.
This form of prostate enlargement will soon be offered at Northeast Georgia Urological Associates. It can be performed in both the office setting and in our ambulatory surgery center. Steam is used to shrink the prostate away from the prostatic urethra (the tube through the prostate through which the male urinates) and improve voiding in the male with prostate enlargement. Even though it is a new modality the skills necessary to perform this procedure are used commonly by the practicing urologist.
If you have questions about this new form of treatment or have an interest in a prostate enlargement treatment that can be done in an office setting please leave your number and we’ll call you with the appointment.
The urologists of Northeast Georgia Urological Associates treat BPH commonly and use both medical and minimally invasive surgical procedures to correct this male issue. You can contact us 24/7 by leaving your number and we’ll call with an appointment.
Patient’s will commonly confuse the side effects of the surgery of prostate enlargement (difficulty voiding, frequency, small and slow stream, getting up at night) with that of prostate cancer surgery (leakage of urine and deterioration of sexual function).
This is not surprising as in general terms a surgical therapy is being done to the prostate and you’d think the side effects would be similar. However, in cancer surgery the entire gland is removed and in prostate enlargement the channel through the prostate where the urine flows is opened. As a result in BPH surgery (TURP, Button vaporization, GreenLight Laser) opens the channel to improve voiding but does not affect the continence mechanism or the nerves that impact potency. Surgery of the prostate for enlargement does cause retrograde ejaculation (the fluid at time of ejaculation does not come out at all or not as forcibly) but this was not found to have any impact.
The following study confirms this.
Urology – August 1, 2006 – Vol. 21 – No. 12
Article Reviewed: Impact on Sexual Function of Holmium Laser Enucleation Versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: Results of a Prospective, 2-Center, Randomized Trial. Briganti A, Naspro R, et al: J Urol; 2006; 175 (May): 1817-1821.