Prostate Mapping (also known as Transperineal template biopsy) is a diagnostic procedure to find out if a patient has prostate cancer to an accuracy of approximately 95%.
Not only does it calculate the risk, it gives accurate information into the positioning, number and grade of the potential tumour.
NICE (National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence) released guidelines regarding the procedure which you can find at the following link.
A urethrotomy is an operation to treat a narrowing of the urethra (tube that carries urine from the bladder to the penis).
TURP (Transurethral Resection of the Prostate) is prostate surgery to remove part of a man’s enlarged prostate gland. At Ramsay Health Care UK we frequently perform TURP surgery for the treatment of and enlarged prostate causing lower urinary tract symptoms.