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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Bogdan Geavlete, Catalin Bulai, Cosmin Ene, Ionel Checherita, Petrisor Geavlete
OBJECTIVES: The study compared the transurethral resection in saline (TURis), transurethral vaporization in saline (TUVis), bipolar plasma enucleation of the prostate (BPEP), and open prostatectomy (OP) in a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled clinical setting exclusively involving large prostate patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: During a 4½ year enrollment period, 320 cases of prostate volume over 80 mL, maximum flow rate (Qmax) below 10 mL/second, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) over 19, or urinary retention were included in the trial and equally randomized in the four study arms...
March 2015: Journal of Endourology
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