A 58-year-old client on a general surgery unit is scheduled for transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in 2 hours. The nurse explains to the client that this procedure means:

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Options

• ARemoval of the prostate tissue by way of a lower abdominal midline incision through the bladder
• BRemoval of prostate tissue by a resectoscope that is inserted through the penile urethra
• CRemoval of the prostate tissue by an open surgical approach through an incision between the
• DRemoval of prostate tissue by an open surgical approach through a low horizontal incision,

• B
  93% (28)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

(A) This describes a suprapubic (transvesical) prostatectomy procedure. (B) This is the correct description of a TURP procedure. (C) This describes a perineal prostatectomy procedure. (D) This describes a retropubic (extravesical) prostatectomy procedure.

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