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What is the prostate? The prostate is a gland located in the lower urinary tract, under the bladder and around the urethra (Fig. 1). Only men have a prostate. It produces the fluid which carries semen. The prostate has smooth muscles which help to push out the semen during ejaculation. A healthy prostate is about…
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013 By Brian McDonald The first patient in Ireland to be treated for prostate enlargement without a general or spinal anaesthetic has been operated on at Galway University Hospital. And it is believed to have been the first time such an operation has been carried out anywhere in Europe. By the age…
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This new treatment of benign prostate disease is less stressful, less painful and less complicated than before.
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Roscommon county hospital has announced the expansion of the Urology services as part of the development of hospitals within the Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group.