High Intensity Focused Ultrasound versus Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Matched-Pair Analysis

Table 5

Comparison of overall complications by grade of severity between the two groups.

	Grade 1		Grade 2		Grade 3a		Grade 3b
	HIFU	BT	HIFU	BT	HIFU	BT	HIFU	BT
LUTS/hematuria (early)	23/70 (32.9%)	18/59 (30.5%)	5/70 (7.1%)	7/59 (11.9%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
LUTS/hematuria (late)	3/69 (4.3%)	2/53 (3.8%)	16/69 (23.2%)	11/53 (20.7%)	0 (0%)	1/53 (1.9%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Urinary tract infection	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	15/70 (21.4%)	5/59 (8.5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Acute urinary retention	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	14/70 (20.0%)	4/59 (6.8%)	2/70 (2.8%)	0 (0%)
Urinary stricture	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2/69 (2.9%)	0 (0%)	15/69 (21.7%)	2/53 (3.8%)
Urinary incontinence	5/69 (7.2%)	1/53 (1.9%)	0 (0%)	1/53 (1.9%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Gastrointestinal toxicities	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1/59 (1.7%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1/70 (1.4%)	1/59 (1.7%)