Table 2.

Functional outcomes at a median follow-up of 48 months

Pre-operative	Follow-up					p value*	Change from pre-operative values
	At 3 m (n = 80)	At 12 m (n = 80)	At 24 m (n = 80)	At 36 m (n = 75)	At 48 m (n = 65)
Qmax (ml/s) (Mean ± SD)
6.99 ± 1.78	25.15 ± 4.52	24.14 ± 3.40	23.92 ± 5.00	23.51 ± 4.23	22.52 ± 3.57	< 0.001	16.32 ± 4.11
IPSS (Mean ± SD)
16.24 ± 3.35	3.53 ± 1.57	3.64 ± 1.91	3.46 ± 1.83	3.61 ± 1.29	3.56 ± 1.33	< 0.001	12.35 ± 2.34
IIEF (Mean ± SD)
25.98 ± 6.14	25.61 ± 7.32	26.41 ± 6.39	25.79 ± 4.63	26.13 ± 5.56	25.14 ± 6.12	0.71	0.64 ± 0.11
MSHQ-EJD (Mean ± SD)
13.21 ± 5.76	13.67 ± 5.91	14.10 ± 5.12	14.24 ± 4.73	14.53 ± 4.40	14.24 ± 5.04	0.44	0.75 ± 0.12

*Compared to pre-operative values