Medical & Surgical Urology
Open Access
ISSN: 2168-9857
ISSN: 2168-9857
Department of Urology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Research Article
Correlation of Serum Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) with Incidentally Detected Prostatic Cancer in Patients Undergoing TURP for Clinically Benign Prostatomegaly: A Single Centre Study
Author(s): Manjul Kumar*, Malik Ahmad Suhail, Sajad Ahmad Para, Mohammad Saleem Wani, Arif Hamid Bhat, Sajad Ahmad Malik, Shashank Singh and Faiz Manzar Ansari
Objective: The aim of this study is to estimate the incidence of prostatic cancer in patients undergoing transurethral
resection of prostate for clinically benign prostatomegaly and its correlation with serum PSA.
Materials and Methods: It is retrospective observational study. All the patients with symptomatic prostatomegaly
undergoing transurethral resection of prostate from Dec 2017 to Jan 2022 were included in this study.
Results: A total of 141 patients who underwent transurethral resection of prostate were included in this study. The
average age of patients was 64.07 ± 7.58 years. Mean symptom score was 20.71 ± 3.54. 123 patients
(87.23%) presented with acute retention of urine with failed catheter free trial. 24 patients (17.02%) had PSA
value between 4-10 ng/ml while as 117 patients .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2168-9857.22.11.297