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Table 3 Comparison of each parameter of PULa or TUEBb

From: Initial experience with prostatic urethral lift versus enucleation of the prostate: a retrospective comparative study

Parameters

PUL

TUEB

p value

Cohen’s d

Age (years), mean (SDc)

74.6 (7.0)

69.2 (7.0)

0.002

0.76

Prostate volume (ml), median (IQRd)

40 (35–61)

64.1 (48–87.5)

< 0.001

-

Number of Charlson Comorbidity Index score 1 or more (%)

13 (52)

16 (29)

0.048

-

Preoperative

    

MFRe (ml/s), mean (SD)

6.9 (5)

6.6 (3.1)

0.7

0.096

PVRf (ml), mean (SD)

233.9 (446.4)

208.8 (194.8)

0.7

0.081

Urine volume, mean (SD)

86.9 (76.9)

141.1 (91.7)

0.028

–0.62

IPSSg Q1, mean (SD)

2.6 (1.9)

3.8 (1.7)

0.005

–0.71

IPSS Q2, mean (SD)

2.7 (1.7)

4 (1.4)

0.001

–0.83

IPSS Q3, mean (SD)

2.6 (1.8)

3.7 (1.7)

0.01

–0.60

IPSS Q4, mean (SD)

1.8 (1.5)

3.2 (1.9)

0.003

–0.77

IPSS Q5, mean (SD)

3.5 (1.8)

4.5 (1.1)

0.005

–0.71

IPSS Q6, mean (SD)

1.6 (1.7)

3.3 (2)

< 0.001

–0.89

IPSS Q7, mean (SD)

2.8 (1.4)

3 (1.4)

0.6

–0.10

Total IPSS, mean (SD)

17.4 (8.1)

22.7 (9.9)

0.025

-0.56

Operative time (minutes), median (IQR)

15.0 (11.5–20.0)

138.0 (100.2–169.2)

< 0.001

Postoperative

    

MFR (ml/s), mean (SD)

11.2 (4.4)

17.3 (6.8)

0.01

–0.98

PVR (ml), mean (SD)

45.8 (57.3)

50.8 (56.5)

0.7

–0.08

Urine volume, mean (SD)

184.5 (84.5)

164.4 (84.6)

0.3

0.23

IPSS Q1, mean (SD)

1.5 (1.5)

0.8 (0.9)

0.01

0.71

IPSS Q2, mean (SD)

2 (1.4)

1.4 (1.2)

0.061

0.48

IPSS Q3, mean (SD)

1.6 (1.6)

0.5 (1)

0.01

0.91

IPSS Q4, mean (SD)

1.5 (1.4)

1.2 (1.2)

0.3

0.25

IPSS Q5, mean (SD)

1.7 (1.5)

0.5 (0.7)

0.01

1.18

IPSS Q6, mean (SD)

1.1 (1.4)

0.3 (0.6)

0.01

0.87

IPSS Q7, mean (SD)

2.4 (1.5)

1.9 (1.5)

0.19

0.33

Total IPSS, mean (SD)

11.4 (6.0)

5.2 (4.2)

< 0.001

1.25

  1. aPUL = prostatic urethral lift
  2. bTUEB = bipolar transurethral enucleation of the prostate
  3. cSD = standard deviation
  4. dIQR = interquartile range
  5. eMFR = maximum flow rate
  6. fPVR = post-void residual
  7. gIPSS = International Prostate Symptom Score