| AUR | Acute urinary retention |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| CI | Confidence intervals |
| ERAS | Enhanced Recovery After Surgery |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| IPSS | International Prostate Symptom Scores |
| MIS | Minimally invasive surgery |
| ODI | Oswestry Disability Index |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PELS | Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar surgery |
| PSM | Propensity score matching |
| RR | Risk Ratio |
| SMD | Standardized mean differences |
| VAS | Visual Analog Scale |