Table 3. Blood parameters and vascularisation; prostate size < 70 mL.

	Group A < 70 mL (placebo)	Group B < 70 mL (dutasteride)	p value
Hemoglobin before HoLEP, (g/dl) ± SD	14.00 ± 2.02	14.24 ± 2.15	0.88
Hemoglobin after HoLEP, (g/dl) ± SD	12.88 ± 1.94	12.99 ± 2.01	0.76
ΔHb ±SD	1.12 ± 0.12	1.15 ± 0.13
Hematocrit before HoLEP, % ± SD	43.25 ± 3.90	42.18 ± 4.07	0.44
Hematocrit after HoLEP, % ± SD	41.98 ± 4.03	41.17 ± 4.17	0.21
ΔHt ±SD	1.17 ± 0.21	1.33 ± 0.20
MVD	23.35 ± 1.96	19.04 ± 0.96	< .05
VEGF index	4.06 ± 0.76	2.55 ± 0.55	< .05

HoLEP: Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate; MVD: microvascular density; VEGF index: vascular endothelial growth factor index; SD: standard deviation.