Turp

I had a TURP several years ago. Mine was for enlarged prostate, inconvenient but not life threatening. Today, I wish I hadn't done it. As a result of the TURP, I was left incontinent and now have a urinary control device implanted in my scrotum and have to wear a leak pad. This is after three additional surgeries (2 to try and "fix" the TURP and one for the implant). As a function of using a laser, the outer sphincter muscle on the urethra gets destroyed. There is an inner sphincter muscle that is expected to take over but it did not work in my case. I was one of the 3% (if I remember the number correctly) that have problems.