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Ive heard of two operations called turp and tuip. whats the difference?

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Removal of tissue: Turp removes tissue, tuip only puts nick into enlarged prostate to allow better urinary flows.

Answered 10/3/2016

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Turp vs : Turp trans urethral resection of prostate tuip trans urethral incision of prostate turp you scrape tissue out for removal incision is just cutting a groove, no tissue removed.

Answered 10/26/2016

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I got a TURP operation weeks ago, but I am feeling tired and feeling down, has anyone had this?

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Please explain if it is safe to do turp(transurethral resection prostate) operation the second time?

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I had a TURP operation exactly 2 weeks ago. Suddenly tonight I am just passing a lot of blood and urination is very painful. Is this normal?

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Healthy 74 year old man. TURP operation 10 years ago was clear. Now PSA going up. Oct 207- 6.84, Jan 2018 9.26 and clear MRI scan, May 2018 11.78 and then down in Aug 2018 to 8.1. Free PSA 0.20. What should I do?

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I am a healthy 74 year old man with a rising PSA which is now over 10. I had an MRI scan done 3 months ago and it was clear. I had high PSA about 10 years ago and had a prostrate TURP operation and it was clear. Should I have a prostrate biopsy?

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