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2 March 2010 Long-term therapeutic efficacy of photo-selective vaporization of prostate
Carl-Jørgen Arum, Camilla Muller, Pal Romundstad, Inger Stokkan, Jan Mjønes
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Proceedings Volume 7548, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics VI; 754815 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842165
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the long term therapeutic efficacy of 80 watt photo-selective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) in patients suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to prostatic obstruction. MATERIAL & METHODS: 150 unselected patients at the average age 73 (range 51-92) and a mean American Society of Anesthesiologists score of 2.4 (median 2.0), of whom 33% were medicated with acetylsalicylic acid and 5% were anticoagulated with warfarin. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were the same as for TUR-P at our institution. First patient was operated March 2004 and yearly follow-up of all patients has been attempted for 5 years. Follow-up variables have included yearly creatinine, PSA, IPSS, ØOL, post-void residual urin and maximum/average urine flow rate. RESULTS: At 12 and 24 months postoperatively, the following parameters were significantly (p<0.001) improved: trans-rectal ultrasound, international prostate symptom score, quality of life score, post-void residual urine volume, flow max/average, opening pressure, pressure @ flow-max, and micturition resistance. At 48 and 60 months creatinine, PSA, IPSS, ØOL, post-void residual urin and maximum/average urine flow rates were still significantly (p<0.001) improved compared to pre-operative values. CONCLUSION: Up to 5 year follow-up reveals that 80 watt PVP provides significant and stable symptom relief as well as objective improvement in residual urine and flowmetric outcomes.
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Carl-Jørgen Arum, Camilla Muller, Pal Romundstad, Inger Stokkan, and Jan Mjønes "Long-term therapeutic efficacy of photo-selective vaporization of prostate", Proc. SPIE 7548, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics VI, 754815 (2 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842165
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KEYWORDS
Prostate

Surgery

Astatine

Bladder

Medicine

Neck

Prostate cancer

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