TURP Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of TURP in Chennai typically ranges from $510 to $4,900 USD (about ₹48,400 to ₹4.65 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for TURP in Chennai is around $1,650 (about ₹1.57 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $510 (about ₹48,400). It is likely to be nearer $4,900 (about ₹4.65 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for TURP, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Stents or catheters
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) removes part of an enlarged prostate through the urethra with a thin instrument, to relieve urinary symptoms such as a weak flow and needing to pass urine frequently.

The NHS makes clear that TURP treats urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate, such as trouble starting, a weak flow, needing to pass urine frequently, including at night, and a feeling that the bladder has not emptied.

It takes about an hour under general or spinal anaesthetic, with a thin instrument passed up the urethra and an electrical loop cutting away the extra tissue.

The NHS records that most patients go home after one to four days, resume normal activities after two to four weeks and are fully healed within six weeks.

Retrograde ejaculation, in which semen passes into the bladder, is common, and erection difficulties, incontinence and a need for repeat surgery are possible, with alternative treatments available.

Fitness to fly: there is no aviation figure specific to this procedure, so fly after the surgeon has reviewed you and ask how to reduce clot risk on a long journey.

In Chennai, the price of TURP is generally built from these parts:

• Tests beforehand: bloods, scans and a check by the anaesthetist.
• Operating theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on time spent in theatre.
• Specialist fees: which are set by each hospital.
• Surgical approach: open, keyhole or robotic, where more than one is possible.
• Prostate: size and technique.
• Anaesthesia: general or spinal.
• Catheter: for a few days.
• Stay: frequently one to four days.

Find out whether the Chennai costing covers the surgeon, theatre, any catheter or stent and its removal, the stay and follow-up tests.

Urology departments in Chennai's bigger hospitals routinely treat stones endoscopically and carry out keyhole operations, and some also offer robotic surgery.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Chennai was called Madras until the Tamil Nadu government changed the name in 1996, so older documents and some hospital paperwork may still use the earlier name.