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African Journal of Urology

Table 7 A comparison of pre- and post-operative variables in the endoscopic prostatectomy (Group B)

From: Evaluation of intra-operative trans-urethral endoscopic management of possible open transvesical prostatectomy complications

Variables Mean (SD, range)

Preoperative

post-operative

p value

IPSS

21.1 (7.1, 2–35)

8.7 (3.1, 6–12)

< 0.001*

PVRU

81.9 (26.8, 62–159)

32.1 (12.4, 25–68)

< 0.001*

Qmax. (ml/s)

9.1 (4.1, 3–11)

19.4 (5.2, 15–25)

< 0.001*

PSA level (ng/ ml)

5.3 (2.4, 4–7.3)

2.1 (0.9, 1.6–2.8)

< 0.001*

  1. *Statistically significant at 95% level of confidence. p values are based on paired t test
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