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ArticleWorld journal of urology2024

Anatomic endoscopic enucleation of the prostate using a novel hybrid thulium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser generator: surgical technique and clinical outcomes.

Eugenio Ventimiglia, Luca Orecchia, Luigi Bevilacqua, Elena Tondelli, Isabella Oliva, Luca Cindolo, Ioannis Kartalas Goumas

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Eugenio VentimigliaDepartment of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-1629
Luca OrecchiaDepartment of Urology, Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Corso Pavia 84, 27029, Vigevano, Italy.
Luigi BevilacquaDepartment of Urology, Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Corso Pavia 84, 27029, Vigevano, Italy.
Elena TondelliDepartment of Urology, Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Corso Pavia 84, 27029, Vigevano, Italy.
Isabella OlivaDepartment of Urology, Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Corso Pavia 84, 27029, Vigevano, Italy.
Luca CindoloDept of Urology, "Villa Stuart" Private Hospital, Rome,and Centro Urologico Europeo, Modena, Italy.
Ioannis Kartalas GoumasDepartment of Urology, Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Corso Pavia 84, 27029, Vigevano, Italy. ikgoumas@gmail.com.

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Abstract

purposeWe aim to report here the first clinical series of patients treated with AEEP using a novel hybrid thulium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Tm:YAG) laser generator (RevoLix HTL, LISA Laser Products, Germany), i.e. capable of emitting both in pulsated and continuous-wave.

methodsWe included 39 consecutive patients who underwent hybrid Tm:YAG AEEP (hybrid ThuLEP) at a single center starting from July 2022 and were followed-up until 3 months after surgery. Complete baseline, intraoperative, and follow-up demographic and clinical data were collected. The International Prostatic Symptoms Score (IPSS) questionnaire was used to quantify urinary symptoms at baseline and during follow-up. Post-operative follow-up further included a PSA test, uroflowmetry with post-void residual volume (PVR) measurement. Clavien-Dindo classification was used to classify complications.

resultsMedian (IQR) age at surgery and prostate volume were 68 (IQR 63-74) years and 85 (60-105) cc. Both en-bloc or two-lobes technique enucleation were performed according to the intraoperative and endoscopic anatomy, with a median operative time of 85 (63-108) minutes. Bladder catheter was removed in all cases on postoperative day two. Intraoperative bleeding requiring conversion to bipolar enucleation was observed in two patients. After discharge, one patient developed arm phlebitis which was treated with anticoagulants leading to new onset haematuria requiring short term catheterisation (Clavien-Dindo grade II) and two more patients had a single episode of acute urinary retention (Clavien-Dindo grade I). Median pre- vs postoperative Qmax and IPSS were 8.0 (7.0-9.4) vs. 25.0 (22.5-32.5) ml/s and 22 (20-28) vs. 1 (0-2), whereas PVR decreased from 70 (50-115) to 0 (0-26) ml.

conclusionsHybrid ThuLEP is a feasible and effective surgical procedure for the management of benign prostatic obstruction.

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Lasers, Solid-StateProstatectomyProstatic HyperplasiaThuliumAgedAluminumEndoscopyHumansLaser TherapyMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeYttriumAluminumThuliumYttriumyttrium-aluminum-garnetAEEPBPOHybrid ThuLEPLaserThulium:YAG

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