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Impact of medical therapy on transurethral resection of the prostate: a decade of change.
Urology 2001 June
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether medical therapy has delayed the need for eventual transurethral prostatectomy (TURP), causing a shift in the population characteristics of men undergoing TURP (ie, older, more comorbidities, more advanced disease), resulting in more complications and poorer outcomes. The introduction of medical therapy for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) during the past decade may have changed the indications for TURP.
METHODS: All patients who underwent TURP for symptomatic BPH at our institution in 1988 (before general introduction of medical therapy for BPH) and 1998 (medical therapy the primary initial therapy for BPH) were reviewed. We compared the two groups with respect to the total number of TURPs, indications for surgery, patient age, health status, weight of resected tissue, and preoperative and postoperative complications.
RESULTS: Despite a 16% increase in men at risk of BPH-related events, a 60% decrease in the total number of TURPs performed for symptomatic BPH occurred in 1998 (n = 64) compared with 10 years earlier (n = 157). No significant difference was found in age between the two groups, and no increase in comorbid status was observed. Previous medical management had failed in 36% of men who required TURP in 1998. A significantly higher percentage of patients presented in acute urinary retention (55%) and upper tract obstructive uropathy (12.5%) in 1998 compared with 1988 (23% acute urinary retention and 1.3% obstructive uropathy). Patients in 1998 were healthier, underwent smaller resections, had their catheters removed earlier, and were discharged home earlier. Although they were more likely to be discharged home with a catheter in situ, no significant difference was observed in the incidence of postoperative complications.
CONCLUSIONS: There has been a dramatic decrease in the number of TURPs performed for symptomatic BPH at our institution since the advent of medical therapy. The proportion of TURP patients presenting with urinary retention and hydronephrosis increased, but the average age, medical comorbidities, operative parameters, and postoperative complications have not significantly changed.
METHODS: All patients who underwent TURP for symptomatic BPH at our institution in 1988 (before general introduction of medical therapy for BPH) and 1998 (medical therapy the primary initial therapy for BPH) were reviewed. We compared the two groups with respect to the total number of TURPs, indications for surgery, patient age, health status, weight of resected tissue, and preoperative and postoperative complications.
RESULTS: Despite a 16% increase in men at risk of BPH-related events, a 60% decrease in the total number of TURPs performed for symptomatic BPH occurred in 1998 (n = 64) compared with 10 years earlier (n = 157). No significant difference was found in age between the two groups, and no increase in comorbid status was observed. Previous medical management had failed in 36% of men who required TURP in 1998. A significantly higher percentage of patients presented in acute urinary retention (55%) and upper tract obstructive uropathy (12.5%) in 1998 compared with 1988 (23% acute urinary retention and 1.3% obstructive uropathy). Patients in 1998 were healthier, underwent smaller resections, had their catheters removed earlier, and were discharged home earlier. Although they were more likely to be discharged home with a catheter in situ, no significant difference was observed in the incidence of postoperative complications.
CONCLUSIONS: There has been a dramatic decrease in the number of TURPs performed for symptomatic BPH at our institution since the advent of medical therapy. The proportion of TURP patients presenting with urinary retention and hydronephrosis increased, but the average age, medical comorbidities, operative parameters, and postoperative complications have not significantly changed.
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