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. 2023 Jan;41(1):151-157.
doi: 10.1007/s00345-022-04225-7. Epub 2022 Dec 1.

Prostatic arterial embolization versus holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: 1-year outcomes

Emilien Seizilles de Mazancourt  1 , Gaelle Pagnoux  2 , Ricardo Codas Duarte  3 , Paul Cezar Moldovan  2 , Alain Ruffion  4 , Marc Colombel  3 , Lionel Badet  3 , Hakim Fassi-Fehri  3
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Prostatic arterial embolization versus holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: 1-year outcomes

Emilien Seizilles de Mazancourt et al. World J Urol. 2023 Jan.

Abstract

Purpose: Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) and Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) are novel techniques for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia lower urinary tract symptoms (BPH-LUTS). The objective of this study was to describe and compare the functional results and complications of these two techniques at one year follow-up.

Materials and methods: We performed a retrospective, monocentric study of all patients consecutively treated in our center with HoLEP or PAE for symptomatic or complicated BPH between January 2016 and December 2019. Data regarding patient and perioperative characteristics, follow-up biological results, functional questionnaires and uroflowmetry were collected from medical records.

Results: A total of 490 and 57 patients were treated with HoLEP and PAE, respectively. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups were similar. The operative time was significantly higher for PAE (p < 0.001) and hospitalization time longer after HoLEP (p = 0.0006). The urinary catheterization time was longer after PAE (p < 0.001). The prostatic volume treated was higher with HoLEP than with PAE (56% versus 26%, p < 0.001). The mean difference in IPSS from baseline to 12 months was significantly higher after HoLEP than after PAE: - 17.58 versus - 8 (p < 0.001). The mean difference in QoL-IPSS from baseline to 12 months was significantly higher after HoLEP: - 4.09 versus - 2.27 (p < 0.001). The rate of postoperative adverse events in the first three months was similar between the two groups:35% after HoLEP and 33% after PAE (p = 0.88).

Conclusions: HoLEP and PAE both significantly improved BPH-LUTS, with HoLEP having an advantage over PAE.

Keywords: Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; IPSS; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prostate surgery; Prostatic arterial embolization.

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