Table 2: Subjective Measures of Effectiveness; Electrovaporization Using Monopolar Energy Versus TURP.
| Study, Year | IPSS, Mean (SD) | QOL score, Mean (SD) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | > 1 year | Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | > 1 year | ||
| Liu et al. 2006 (60) TUVRP TURP |
26.8 (4.7) 25.6 (3.5) P = .65 |
8.2 (2.2) 7.9 (1.8) P = .53 |
NR | NR |
2 years: 9.0 (3.1) 8.4 (2.6) P =.45 |
4.1 (0.6) 4.0 (0.7) P = .75 |
1.7 (0.5) 1.5 (0.7) P = .57 |
NR | NR |
2 Years 16 (0.6) 14 (0.7) P =.48 |
|
| Gupta et al. 2006 TUVRP TURP |
24.9 (3.9) 23.3 (3.9) P = .1 (between 3 groups) |
NR | 5.9 (0.25) 6.1 (0.42) P = .14 (between 3 groups) |
5.4 (0.28) 5.6 (0.32) P = .6 (between 3 groups) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Nuhoglu et al. 2005 (61) TUVP TURP |
17.3 (6.8) 17.6 (7.2) |
4.7 (3.1) 4.8 (4.2) P >.05 |
NR | NR |
>5 years 6.5 (3.2) 6.1 (3.5) P >.05 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Akhtar 2004 (59) TUVP TURP |
NR | 8.72 (2.23) 6.04 (2.42) P =.0001 |
5.36 (1.85) 3.36 (1.85) P =.0002 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| McAllister et al. 2005 (62;87) TUVP TURP |
20.7 (7.3) 20.7 (6.9) P >.05 |
2 months 11.8 (7.7) 9.8 (7.2) P >.05 |
8.5 (7.4) 6.9 (5.5) P >.05 |
NR |
2 years 8.6 (7.2) 7.5 (5.8) P >.05 |
4.6 (1.17) 4.9 (0.98) P >.05 |
2 months 2.6 (1.82) 2.3 (1.73) P >.05 |
2.0 (1.63) 1.6 (1.34) P >.05 |
NR |
2 years 1.9 (1.62) 1.8 (1.34) P >.05 |
|
| Van Melick et al. 2003 (88;89) TUVP TURP |
20.3 (6.8) 16.6 (5.6) P >.05 |
NR | 3.8 (2.7) 3.2 (2.7) P >.05 |
4.8 (4.9) 4.1 (4.8) P >.05 |
1–4 years 8.4 (8.7) 5.8 (7.5) 4–7 years 7 (5.6) 7.3 (7.1) |
4.3 (1.3) 3.9 (1.6) P >.05 |
NR | 1 (0.8) 0.5 (0.5) P >.05 |
1 (0.9) 0.6 (0.8) P >.05 |
1–4 years 1 (1.2) 1.1 (1.2) 4–7 years 1.4 (0.8) 1.3 (1.3) |
|
| Hammadeh et al. 2003 (57;90) TUVP TURP |
26.5 (4.5) 26.6 (4.8) P = .9 |
NR | NR | 4.4 (3.8) 5.9 (5.2) P = .3 |
2 years 4.3 (3.5) 6.3 (4.6) P = .02 3 years 4.1 (3.3) 7.1 (6.2) P = .01 5 years 5.9 (6.3) 8.6 (7.1) P = .16 |
4.9 (0.9) 5 (0.7) P = .6 |
NR | NR | 1.2 (1) 1.5 (1) P = .3 |
2 years 1.1 (1) 1.7 (1.1) P =.004 3 years 1 (0.9) 1.6 (1.4) P = .04 5 years 1.1 (1.2) 1.7 (1.4) P = .09 |
|
| Gupta et al. 2002 TUVRP TURP |
24 22 |
NR | 4.79 5.82 |
5.28 5.9 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Helke et al. 2001 TUVRP TURP |
17.29 (6.06) 18.29 (7.49) P > .05 |
NR | NR | 4.66 (4.3) 5.21 (5.1) P > .05 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Kupeli et al. 2001 (63) TUVRP TURP |
19.4 21.6 |
NR | 4.0 5.0 P > .05 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Talic et al. 2000 (58) TUVRP TURP |
24.9 (6) 20.1 (6.8) |
NR | 4 (3.4) 5.6 (3.1) P = .03 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| Ekengren et al. 2000 (92) TUVRP TURP |
Median 22 25 |
NR | NR | Median 4.5 4 |
NR | Median 4.5 5.5 |
NR | NR | Median 1.5 1 |
NR | |
NR refers to not reported; SD, standard deviation; TURP, transurethral resection of the prostate; TUVP, Transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate; TUVRP, transurethral electrovapor resection of the prostate