Table 3. Follow-up data of up to 12 months after PVP or HoLEP.

	Preoperative	Postoperative
		1 month	3 months	6 months	12 months
IPSS total
PVP	20.4 ± 7.8	11.6 ± 7.0	9.4 ± 4.9	9.6 ± 6.1	9.7 ± 5.5
HoLEP	21.5 ± 8.5	10.1 ± 5.1	9.1 ± 5.1	8.6 ± 5.3	8.8 ± 4.5
P value	0.241	0.054	0.738	0.385	0.453
IPSS voiding
PVP	12.1 ± 5.2	5.9 ± 5.0	4.4 ± 3.5	4.8 ± 3.9	5.2 ± 4.1
HoLEP	13.2 ± 5.4	3.8 ± 3.3	3.5 ± 3.2	4.3 ± 3.7	4.5 ± 3.5
P value	0.057	<0.001	0.103	0.529	0.409
IPSS storage
PVP	8.3 ± 3.8	5.8 ± 3.4	5.1 ± 3.0	5.0 ± 3.4	4.5 ± 2.6
HoLEP	8.3 ± 4.4	6.3 ± 3.3	5.6 ± 3.2	4.3 ± 2.7	4.4 ± 3.0
P value	0.940	0.271	0.281	0.193	0.809
QoL
PVP	4.1 ± 2.2	2.4 ± 1.5	2.1 ± 1.3	2.1 ± 1.4	2.0 ± 1.3
HoLEP	4.2 ± 1.1	2.5 ± 1.4	2.4 ± 1.4	2.4 ± 1.3	1.9 ± 1.3
P value	0.640	0.694	0.108	0.234	0.747

Values are mean s ± standard deviation. PVP, photoselective vaporization of prostate; HoLEP holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; IPSS, International Prostate Symptoms Score; QoL, quality of life