Skip to main content
. 2006 Aug 1;6(17):1–121.

Table 9: Budget Impact With Estimates of the Percentage of TURP Procedures Captured by Energy-Based Interventions for the Treatment of BPH.

Technology Cost per procedure, $ Budget Impact of 25% diffusion, $M Budget Impact of 50% diffusion, $M Budget Impact of 75% diffusion, $M Budget Impact of 100% diffusion, $M Incremental Budget Impact, $M
TURP 3,887 19.4
Bipolar Electrovaporization 4,011 19.6 19.7 19.9 20.0 0.6
Monopolar Electrovaporization 4,130 19.7 20.0 20.3 20.6 1.2
TUMT 1,529 16.5 13.5 10.6 7.6 (11.8) 
TUNA 4,804 20.6 21.7 22.9 24.0 4.6
PVP 1,184 16.0 12.7 9.3 5.9 (13.5)  
Holmium Laser 3,892 19.4 19.4 19.4 19.4 0.02
VLAP Nd:YAG 4,663 20.4 21.4 22.3 23.3 3.9
CLAP Nd:YAG 4,615 20.3 21.2 22.4 23.0 3.6
*

All costs are in Canadian currency. Parentheses indicative of cost reduction.