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Marcio Averbeck

Marcio Averbeck

Brazilian urologist and Head of Neuro-Urology and the Videourodynamics Unit at Hospital Moinhos de Vento in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Sep 19, 2026

16:08
So Marcio, what specific clues would you look for? So in a patient who presents for a TURP, is there something specifically that you look for to see whether it's possibly neurogenic?
16:19
Yes, this is an important and classic example from what we see every day in our offices.
16:27
So, yes, I do think about this in every patient and most men undergoing TRP have uncomplicated bladder outlet obstruction.
16:35
But missing neurogenic dysfunction before surgery can lead to disappointing outcomes.
16:41
Problems with the patient-physician relationship as well due to this misalignment of what can happen afterwards.
16:52
So before recommending surgery, I ask myself three questions.
16:56
First, are the symptoms proportional to the prostate? Second, Is there anything unusual in the history or neurological examination? And third, does the bladder behave as expected? If someone has a relatively small prostate but severe voiding dysfunction, a very large residual volume, impaired bladder sensation, recurrent retention without obvious obstruction, or an unusual outflow pattern, I pause before offering surgery.

15 MINS LATER

32:10
So do you think it is acceptable, for instance, to have a standalone voiding sister ethogram, especially if it's a cine, you know, you've recorded it as a movie and combine that with a standard aerodynamics?

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