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. 2009 Apr 16;338:b1288. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1288

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.