68-Year-Old Patient Gains BPH Relief After Single-Port STEP Prostate Surgery
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Updated · Baptist Health South Florida · Jul 12
68-Year-Old Patient Gains BPH Relief After Single-Port STEP Prostate Surgery
1 articles · Updated · Baptist Health South Florida · Jul 12
Summary
Octavio Correa, 68, said single-port transvesical enucleation of the prostate, or STEP, ended the severe BPH symptoms that had disrupted his sleep, travel and daily routine.
Years of medication and prior testing had failed to improve his condition, and urologist Rair Jose Valero said Correa arrived with severe prostate enlargement already affecting other organs.
STEP uses one 3.5- to 4-centimeter lower-abdomen incision and a robotic system to remove obstructing inner prostate tissue through the bladder while leaving the outer capsule in place.
Valero said most patients spend one night in the hospital, keep a Foley catheter for about a week and often see major symptom relief once it is removed.
BPH becomes more common with age, Valero said, adding that treatment ranges from drugs to minimally invasive procedures or surgery depending on prostate size, anatomy and symptom severity.