Fig 1.
The Bipolar Transurethral Enucleation of the Prostate (B-TUEP) loop.
Fig 2.
After creating a groove at the 12 o’clock position, two additional grooves are performed at the 5 and 7 o’clock positions, laterally to the veru montanum.
Fig 3.
Next, the lateral lobes of the prostate are bluntly dissected circumferentially from the prostate apex towards the bladder following the plane of the capsule.
Table 1.
Preoperative characteristics of the whole cohort of patients submitted to B-TUEP as segregated according to prostate volume (no. = 172).
Table 2.
Perioperative characteristics of the whole cohort of patients submitted to B-TUEP as segregated according to prostate volume (no. = 172).
Table 3.
Functional and sexual characteristics of the whole cohort of patients as segregated according to prostate size [median (IQR)].
Table 4.
Univariable and multivariable linear regression models (beta; p value [95%CI]) predicting IPSS at 1 and 3 months after surgery.
Table 5.
Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models predicting postoperative complications (any) after surgery.