Urologii︠a︡ (Moscow, Russia : 1999)
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Wide clinical introduction of endoscopic methods in management of lower urinary tract (LUT) diseases is explained both by their high efficacy and relative safety. In spite of perfection of endourological tools, no large-scale clinical trials have been performed of late analyzing the rate of complications of endoscopic treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A total of 5401 transurethral endoscopic operations were made in BPH patients. ⋯ Rare complications comprised injury of the ureteral ostia (0.09%), rupture of the urinary bladder (0.02%). Thus, transurethral endoscopic surgery is characterized by high safety, a trend to lowering of the number of intraoperative complications in transurethral endoscopic operations. Adherence to specification and TUR techniques leads to minimization of serious complications number.