Research Article

Outcomes of Top-Down Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate for Recurrent/Residual Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: One-Year Follow-Up

Table 2

Perioperative parameters.

ParameterPost-TURP
Top-down HoLEP
n = 68
Nonrecurrent
Top-down HoLEP
n = 201
value

Enucleation time, median (range), minutes67.5 (25–200)60 (19–165)0.25
Morcellation time, median (range), minutes12 (1–58)11 (2–55)0.16
Resected tissue, median (range), grams87 (18–242)75 (20–240)0.15
Enucleation efficiency, median (range) grams/minute1.27 (0.5–2.55)1.3 (0.28–3.19)0.97
Energy, median (range), KJ119.9 (37.5–325.1)110.2 (45.1–355.4)0.08
Intraoperative complications, n (%)1 (1.5)1 (0.5)0.42
Fever, urinary tract infection n (%)1 (1.5)1 (0.5)0.42
Postop clot retention, n (%)1 (1.5)5 (2.5)0.24
Postop blood transfusion, n (%)1 (1.5)0 (0)0.08
Postop stricture/meatal stenosis n (%)3 (4.4)4 (2)0.07
Hospital stay, median (range), hours24 (3–48)24 (3–72)0.15
Catheter duration, median (range), hours24 (3–48)24 (2–336)0.62

n, number; KJ, kilojoule.