Fig 4.

Frequency of treatment related adverse events, postoperative pain, and ejaculatory disorders in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia receiving prostatic artery embolisation (PAE) or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). VAS=visual analogue scale (≥6 points=severe pain). Postoperative pain during hospital stay and ejaculatory disorders were not defined as deviation from the normal postoperative course²⁶; therefore, these events were not included in the total number of adverse events but assessed separately