Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate versus thulium laser enucleation of the prostate for the treatment of large-volume prostates > 80 ml: 18-month follow-up results

• Published in: World journal of urology Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 1555 - 1562
• Main Authors: Zhang, Junjie, Ou, Zhenyu, Zhang, Xiaobo, He, Wei, Wang, Ruizhe, Mo, Miao, Chen, Lingxiao, Xu, Ran, Jiang, Shusuan, Peng, Xiaoyan, Qi, Lin, Wang, Long
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Catheters; Enucleation; Follow-Up Studies; Hemoglobin; Humans; Hyperplasia; Laser Therapy - methods; Lasers; Lasers, Solid-State - therapeutic use; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Oncology; Organ Size; Original Article; Prostate; Prostatectomy - methods; Prostatic Hyperplasia - pathology; Prostatic Hyperplasia - surgery; Quality of life; Surgery; Thulium; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Urinary tract; Urine; Urogenital system; Urology; ThuLEP; Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); Large-volume prostate; HoLEP; Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Purpose To compare the perioperative and functional outcomes of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP) for the treatment of large-volume benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (> 80 ml). Methods A total of 116 consecutive patients with...