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Table 1 Preoperative baseline characteristics

From: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: a 3-year single-center experience of 173 cases

Total number of included patients, N

173

Age, mean (SD)

71.3 (7.83)

Age categories

50–59

10 (5.8)

60–79

138 (79.8)

80+

25 (14.4)

History of prostatic surgery

6 (3.5)

Diabetes

19 (11)

Hypertension

58 (33.5)

Anticoagulation drug therapy

72 (41.6)

Smoking

35 (20.7)

PSA before procedure, mean (SD)

4.1 (0.1–32.6)

Holep indications

Medical treatment failure

79 (45.7)

Acute urinary retention after TWOC

48 (22.7)

Obstructive acute kidney injury

22 (12.7)

Bladder stone

07 (4)

Persistent hematuria

06 (3.5)

Recurrent prostatitis

03 (1.7)

Holep preceding radiotherapy for prostate cancer

07 (4)

Pelviuereteric lithiasis

01 (0.6)

  1. Unless stated otherwise, numbers in table are n, %
  2. Baseline characteristics were defined at study inclusion
  3. SD: Standard deviation
  4. PSA was done prior surgery and is expressed in ng/ml. Numbers in Brackets represent minimum and maximum