Table 44: Perioperative Outcomes. Laser Prostatectomy using Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTP) Versus TURP.

Study, Year	Operative time Mean (SD), Min	Hospital stay Mean (SD), Days	Catheterization time Mean (SD), Hours	Hemoglobin decrease, Mean (SD), g/dL	Transfusion, N (%)	Intraoperative irrigant requirement, Mean (SD), L	TUR syndrome N (%)
Shingleton 2002 (75) KTP/Nd:YAG TURP	NR	NR	NR	0.6 0.8	0 0	NR	0 0

KTP refers to potassium titanyl phosphate; NR, not reported; SD, standard deviation; TUR; transurethral resection; TURP, transurethral resection of the prostate