Fig 3.

Functional secondary outcome parameters in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia receiving prostatic artery embolisation (PAE) or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Parameters include (A) maximum urinary flow rate, (B) postvoid residual urine, (C) concentrations of prostate specific antigen (PSA), (D) Prostate volume reduction as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging, (E) desobstruction as measured by detrusor pressure at maximum flow rate (PdetQ_max), and (F) urodynamic obstruction as measured by International Continence Society (ICS) classification. I bars=95% confidence intervals; dots=means calculated from the complete dataset at each visit. P values are reported for differences of change from baseline between both treatments. Preop=before the operation (that is, baseline); postop=after the operation. Occasional missing values for secondary outcomes may cause the mean change from baseline to a follow-up visit in (parts A-E) to differ slightly from the difference between mean values at individual time points reported in the text