Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Efficiency by Prostate Gland Size: Is There a Sweet Spot?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Overall Cohort Characteristics
3.2. Enucleation Efficiency
3.3. Morcellation Efficiency
3.4. Overall Operative Efficiency
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Value (Range) |
---|---|
Total patients | 675 |
Average age (years) | 71.1 (33.1–95.7) |
Average ASA score | II (I–IV) |
Preoperative prostate Size (mL) | 111.2 (14.0–672.0) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.6 (18.1–72.7) |
Average enucleation time (min) | 48.5 (5.0–151.0) |
Average morcellation time (min) | 10.1 (0.5–113.0) |
Average energy (kJ) | 110.00 (10.73–340.00) |
Average intraoperative tissue weight (g) | 72.1 (1.0–448.0 g) |
N (% of Total) | |
History of preop urinary retention | 435 (64.4) |
History of preop prostate cancer | 21 (3.1) |
History of preop utis | 97 (14.4) |
History of preop prostatitis | 42 (6.3) |
History of diabetes | 76 (11.2) |
Preop alpha blocker use | 519 (77.0) |
Preop 5-ARi use | 221 (32.9) |
Preop antiplatelet/anticoagulation medication | 133 (19.8) |
| 56 (8.3) |
Previous BPH surgery | 48 (7.1) |
Prostate morphology | |
| 179 (26.5) 496 (73.5) |
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Assmus, M.A.; Large, T.; Krambeck, A. Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Efficiency by Prostate Gland Size: Is There a Sweet Spot? Uro 2021, 1, 202-208. https://doi.org/10.3390/uro1040022
Assmus MA, Large T, Krambeck A. Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Efficiency by Prostate Gland Size: Is There a Sweet Spot? Uro. 2021; 1(4):202-208. https://doi.org/10.3390/uro1040022
Chicago/Turabian StyleAssmus, Mark Alexander, Tim Large, and Amy Krambeck. 2021. "Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Efficiency by Prostate Gland Size: Is There a Sweet Spot?" Uro 1, no. 4: 202-208. https://doi.org/10.3390/uro1040022