Research Article

Ten-Year Experience with Open Prostatectomy in Maiduguri

Table 2

Symptoms at presentation.

SymptomsNumber (%)

Frequency229 (90.5)
Poor stream225 (88.9)
Difficulty in passing urine142 (56.1)
Acute urinary retention124 (49.0)
Urgency/urge incontinence116 (45.3)
Nocturia109 (43.1)
Hesitancy93 (36.8)
Incomplete emptying of bladder80 (31.6)
Postmicturition dribbling60 (23.7)
Haematuria30 (11.9)
Incontinence6 (2.4)