Open AccessPATTERN OF PRESENTATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF METASTATIC CARCINOMA PROSTATE IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY
Author(s) -
Naqib Ullah,
Qaiser Iqbal,
Shaman Ahmad,
Tauheed Fareed,
Mati Ur Rehman,
Mehboob ul Wahab
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan biomedical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-2798
pISSN - 2709-278X
DOI - 10.54393/pbmj.v5i1.229
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate , blockade , metastasis , metastatic carcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , prostate carcinoma , renal cell carcinoma , carcinoma , urology , oncology , general surgery , surgery , cancer , receptor
To share our experience of presentations and management of metastatic carcinoma prostate and its complications in tertiary care hospital in underdeveloped country.Methods:This is retrospective study conducted in institute of kidney diseases Peshawar from January 2017 to December 2020 .Patients were sampled through non probability randomized method mode of presentation ,diagnosis and management of metastatic carcinoma prostate complications were evaluated and analyzed .Results:There were 80 patients in the study ,63 patients opted for medical castration while in 17 patients bilateral orchidectomies done for androgen blockade . Docetoxil added long with ADT for androgen blockade in 12 patients who were labeled castrate resistant .12 patients present with urinary retention and channel TURP performed on them and 2 patients have hematuria due to mets in urinary bladder and 4 patients have skeletal metastasis and were managed in respective department. Conclusion:This study concludes that in under developed countries like Pakistan mostly patients of carcinoma prostate present in metastatic stage with multiple complications and most of complications can be managed in urology department in close collaboration with other specialized units.