1. Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society Global GreenLight Laser Study: Outcomes from a contemporary series of 713 patients
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Jorge Gutierrez, Hassan Razvi, Andrea Tubaro, Frank C H d'Ancona, Martin Telich Vidal, Carl-Jørgen Arum, Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette, Ehab Eltahawy, Evangelos Liatsikos, Dogan Unal, Alexander Bachmann, Carson Wong, Mostafa M. Elhilali, Gerasimos Alivizatos, Seiji Naito, Alexis E. Te, Siu King Mak, Gopal H. Badlani, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health, and Urology
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Operative Time ,Blood Loss, Surgical ,Prostatic Hyperplasia ,Color ,Urinary incontinence ,Severity of Illness Index ,law.invention ,Benign prostatic obstruction ,GreenLight laser ,Outcome ,Patient characteristics ,Photo selective vaporization of the prostate ,Aged ,Blood Transfusion ,Erectile Dysfunction ,Humans ,Laser Therapy ,Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ,Middle Aged ,Prostate-Specific Antigen ,Prostatectomy ,Quality of Life ,Symptom Assessment ,Urinary Incontinence ,Urodynamics ,Randomized controlled trial ,Quality of life ,law ,Lower urinary tract symptoms ,Prostate ,Surgical ,medicine ,Blood Loss ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Prostate-specific antigen ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,International Prostate Symptom Score ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Objective To evaluate the outcome in patients undergoing photoselective vaporization of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction as part of the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society Global GreenLight Laser Study. Methods Data were collected on 713 patients with lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic obstruction undergoing photoselective vaporization of the prostate at 25 centers worldwide, between April 2010 and April 2012. Three types of GreenLight laser powers were used: 80 W, 120 W or 180 W. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded. Outcome parameters measured at baseline, 6–12 weeks, 6 months and 12 months were: uroflow measurements, International Prostate Symptom Score; prostate-specific antigen and International Index of Erectile Function. Results Operating time was shortest with the 180-W laser at 53.8 min. Intraoperatively, bleeding occurred in 3.1% of patients. Statistically significant changes were reported in maximum flow rate, postvoid residual urine, International Prostate Symptom Score, quality of life score and prostate-specific antigen (P
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- 2015