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TABLE 1
Description of characteristics of the selected studies.
Study
Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Follow-up time
Bouchier-Hayes
DM 2006
Age > 50 years; Urinary flow (UF) ≤
15 mL/s; IPSS ≥ 12; Prostatic
volume (PV): 15–85 cm
3
(USG);
Obstruction (AG nomogram)
N: 76
PVP: Laser KTP 80 W with PVP
(StarPulse quasicontinuous wave laser
(Laserscope) emitting green light at a
wavelength of 532 nm) system
N: 38
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 38
Urinary flow; IPSS; QoL; bother score;
postvoid residual volume (PVRV); surgical
time; PO Hb; length of catheterization;
length of hospitalization
6 weeks
3, 6 and 12
months
Horasanli K
2008
Age: 68 years; Benign Prostatic
Hyperplasia (BPH); PV: 70 a 100 mL;
UF < 15 mL/s; PVRV > 150 mL; IPSS > 7
N: 76
PVP: KTP/532 using high-power
laser emitting green light (80 W)
N: 39
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 37
IPSS and IIEF-5 scores
PV; PVRV; UF; urinary retention;
transfusion; re-intervention
3 and 6 months
Al-Ansari A 2010 BPH; IPSS > 16; UF < 15 mL; PV <
100 mL; PVRV < 100 mL
N: 120
HPS 120-W laser using lithium
triborate (LBO) crystal, producing
532-nm waves
N: 60
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 60
Surgical time; Hb; transfusion; length of
catheterization; length of hospitalization;
complications; IPSS; PVRV; PV; UF
1, 3, 6, 12, 24 and
36 months
Capitán C 2011 BPH; IPSS > 15; PV < 80 cm
3
;
urinary flow < 15 mL/s
N: 100
HPS 120-W laser PVP
N: 50
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 50
IPSS, urinary flow; surgical time; Hb;
transfusion; complications; length of
hospitalization; length of catheterization
1, 3, 6, 12 and 24
months
Mohanty NK
2012
BPH; age > 50 years; IPSS > 7;
prostatic volume > 20 and < 80 cc;
urinary flow (Q max) < 15 mL/s
N: 128
PVP: Laser emitting green light at a
wavelength of 532 nm (30 W to 80 W)
N: 64
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 64
IPSS, QOL, IIEF5; prostatic volume, PVRV
and Qmax; surgical time and catheterization;
hemoglobin and complications
1, 3, 6 and 12
months
Lukacs B 2012 BPH; > 50 years; IPSS ≥ 12 and bother
score ≥ 3; Qmax < 12 mL/s; prostatic
volume between 25 mL and 80 mL;
PVRV < 300 mL
N: 139
PVP (HPS 120-W laser)
N: 69
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 70
IPSS; length of hospitalization; Qmax;
PVRV; complications; sexual symptoms;
quality of life
12 months
Pereira-Correia JA
2012
Lower urinary tract symptoms due to
BPH
N: 20
PVP (HPS 120-W laser)
N: 10
Transurethral resection of the
prostate (conventional TURP)
N: 10
IPSS; IIEF-5; ICIQ-SF; PVRV; Qmax
1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and
24 months
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