Abstract
TURP and TUVP are equivalently effective in improving the symptoms of benign prostatic enlargement over at least 2 years. TUVP is associated with less morbidity due to haemorrhage than TURP. Replacement of TURP by TUVP would not produce a significant cost benefit to the NHS unless a reduction hospital inpatient stay of at least 1 day could be secured. Further research is necessary to determine why patients stay in hospital after transurethral surgery to the prostate and how a reduction in the length of stay can be achieved. A much larger observational study/audit is required to assess the incidence of infrequently occurring adverse events after TUVP. Longer term follow-up is also needed.
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C. G. FOWLER,
William J. McAllister,
Roger O. Plail
et al.
(2005).
Randomised evaluation of alternative electrosurgical modalities to treat bladder outflow obstruction in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Health Technology Assessment
, 9
(4)
, iii-iv, 1.
https://doi.org/10.3310/hta9040
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