| Charles 2004-12-16, 9:09 am |
| Thank you - an excellent clear exposition,
However, does it not come down to a question of semantics
i.e that the word 'urethra' is shorthand for 'urethral channel' ?
However I do agree that the use of the word 'destroy' is not correct
in this context.
It is nice to learn something new - which I can believe :-)
>On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:36:21 GMT, "Jack" <jrcomer@verizon.net> wrote:
>The word destroy means to ruin, annihilate, put out of existence. None of
>these are done to the urethra in any BPH procedure. Yes you remove by
>cutting, burning or vaporizing some of the prostate tissue that surrounds
>the urethra as it passes through the prostate. The urethra does not have a
>tubing surrounding it as it passes through the prostate or the penis. It is
>simply and opening or channel through which urine flows from the bladder.
>The reason why the flow rate, urgency etc are symptoms of BPH is because as
>the prostate grows it narrows that channel.
>
>The reason why some uro's use the word destroy is that they are referring to
>the prostate tissue that is removed so as to enlarge the urethra channel to
>hopefully its diameter when we were 35 for most of us. However some as
>eraly as 35 have been diagnosed with BHP.
>
>My objection was to the phrase that said "the urethra is essentially
>destroyed". If that happened we would have very serious problems.
>
>Jack
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