Research Article

Older Age and Larger Prostate Volume Are Associated with Stress Urinary Incontinence after Plasmakinetic Enucleation of the Prostate

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and perioperative outcomes data of the whole cohort.

VariablesMean ± SD (range) or median (range) or number of patients (%)

Age (yr)68.6 ± 7.3 (53–88)
BMI (kg/m2)23.9 ± 3.2 (16.1–38.2)
Prostate volume (cm3)70.1 ± 32.1 (29.1–240.0)
PSA level (ng/ml)5.7 ± 6.9 (0.6–39.2)
Diabetes200 (15.5%)
Hypertension552 (42.9%)
No. preop treatment (%)
 Blockers592 (46.0%)
 5-Reductase inhibitor659 (51.2%)
 Both453 (35.2%)
International Prostate Symptom Score
 Voiding symptoms15 (5–20)
 Storage symptoms14 (1–15)
 Total score23 (12–35)
Quality of life score5 (2–6)
Max flow rate (ml/s)6.7 ± 3.2 (0–18)
Postvoid residual urine (mL)126.8 ± 262.2 (0–2000)
 Operation time (min)77.7 ± 44.6 (20–240)
 Enucleation time (min)18.5 ± 7.5 (10–40)
 Resected weight (g)42.4.7 ± 16.1 (17.9–154.5)
 Hospital stay (d)4.9 ± 2.0 (3–10)
 Catheter time (d)2.1 ± 1.4 (1–7)

BMI: body mass index, PSA: prostate specific antigen, No. preop treatment: number with each specific preoperative treatment.