Table 1.
Outcomes from HoLEP versus M-TURP randomized, controlled trials.
| Post-op Irrigation |
Transfusion (%) |
Catheter time (h) |
Hospital stay (h) |
IPSS (% change) |
Qmax (% change) |
PVR (% change) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HoLEP | TURP | HoLEP | TURP | HoLEP | TURP | HoLEP | TURP | HoLEP | TURP | HoLEP | TURP | HoLEP | TURP | |
| Tan et al. [2003] | 7% | 70% | 0 | 3 | 17.7 | 44.9 | 27.6 | 49.9 | 83 | 79 | 160 | 122 | 70 | 59 |
| Kuntz et al. [2004] | N/A | 0 | 2 | 27.6 | 43.4 | 53.3 | 85.8 | 92 | 82 | 469 | 369 | 98 | 88 | |
| Montorsi et al. [2004] | N/A | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 57.8 | 59.0 | 85.8 | 81 | 82 | 206 | 217 | N/A | ||
| Gupta et al. [2006] | 4.2 l | 9.1 l | 0 | 2 | 28.6 | 45.7 | N/A | 78 | 76 | 387 | 427 | 82 | 76 | |
| Mavuduru et al. [2009] | 19 h | 30 h | 0 | 7 | 46.4 | 78.2 | N/A | 81 | 84 | 393 | 302 | 53 | 65 | |
HoLEP, holmium laser enucleation; IPSS, international prostate symptom score; N/A, not applicable; PVR, postvoid residual volume; TURP, transurethral resection of the prostate