Table 9.
Time spent in each state of Markov model for base case disaggregated from quality of life and ranked in descending order according to time in remission state
| Treatment strategy | Time in health state* (years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Remission | No remission | Incontinence† | Death | |
| Diathermy vaporisation + TURP repeated once if necessary‡ | 0.27 | 7.92 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Diathermy vaporisation + holmium laser enucleation‡ | 0.27 | 7.91 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Diathermy vaporisation + TURP | 0.27 | 7.89 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| TURP repeated once if necessary§ | 0.26 | 7.78 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + diathermy vaporisation + TURP | 0.36 | 7.75 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + diathermy vaporisation + TURP repeated once if necessary | 0.36 | 7.75 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + diathermy vaporisation + holmium laser enucleation | 0.36 | 7.75 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + TURP repeated once if necessary | 0.36 | 7.71 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once+ diathermy vaporisation + TURP | 0.40 | 7.68 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once + diathermy vaporisation + TURP repeated once if necessary | 0.40 | 7.68 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + holmium laser enucleation | 0.35 | 7.68 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once + diathermy vaporisation + holmium laser enucleation | 0.40 | 7.68 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once + TURP repeated once if necessary | 0.40 | 7.67 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once + holmium laser enucleation | 0.40 | 7.66 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Holmium laser enucleation‡ | 0.25 | 7.65 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once + TURP | 0.40 | 7.63 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once + diathermy vaporisation | 0.40 | 7.62 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + TURP | 0.35 | 7.61 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy + diathermy vaporisation | 0.35 | 7.56 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 1.67 |
| TURP§ | 0.25 | 7.44 | 0.55 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Diathermy vaporisation† | 0.25 | 7.27 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy repeated once | 0.35 | 6.82 | 1.08 | 0.08 | 1.67 |
| Potassium titanyl phosphate vaporisation | 0.25 | 5.65 | 2.21 | 0.21 | 1.67 |
| Microwave thermotherapy | 0.25 | 5.28 | 2.74 | 0.06 | 1.67 |
TURP=transurethral resection of prostate.
*Not discounted.
†Includes “incontinence-no remission” and “incontinence-remission.”
‡Non-dominated strategy.
§Reference strategy.