Prostates over 100 g: our data

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2:15 And this is where my technique, en bloc enucleation, with early release of the apex and preserving the sphincter mucosa, has a special advantage. In very large prostates, en bloc enucleation is very efficient, because you work in a continuous anatomical plane, you don't go lobe by lobe.

2:35 You separate the entire adenomatous mass in a single piece. Fewer steps, less bleeding, more control. I'll give you specific data. In our series with prostates over one hundred grams, the average hospital stay is one day.

2:50 One day. The catheter is removed after twenty-four hours in most cases. Serious complications are less than one percent and the functional results, how well or how the patient urinates, are the same as in small prostates.