Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate: Modified Two-Lobe Technique versus Traditional Three-Lobe Technique—A Randomized Study

Table 4

Incidence of late complications.

Complication	Modified	Traditional	value
Early postoperative complications
Transient urinary incontinence	1.03% (1/97)	8.51% (8/94)	0.036^†
Acute urinary retention	1.03% (1/97)	0	1.000^†
Late postoperative complications
6-month postoperative retrograde ejaculation	33.33% (10/30)	63.64% (14/22)	0.030^‡
6-month postoperative ejaculatory volume (ml)	1.5 ± 1.0	1.0 ± 0.7	0.050
12-month postoperative urinary incontinence	0 (0/84)	2.38% (2/82)	0.242^§
12-month postoperative urethral stricture	3.57% (3/84)	1.21% (1/82)	0.630^†
12-month postoperative retrograde ejaculation	13.33% (4/30)	50% (11/22)	0.034^‡
12-month postoperative ejaculatory volume (ml)	1.8 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 0.8	0.003
12-month postoperative re-TURP	0 (0/84)	0 (0/82)	—

BPH = benign prostatic hyperplasia; TURP = transurethral resection of the prostate; ^†continuity correction chi-square test; ^‡Pearson’s chi-square test; ^§Fisher’s exact test; t-test.