[Nocturia and benign prostatic hyperplasia]

Nocturia often occures in patients with benign prostata hyperplasia (BPH). The aim of the study was to investigate the frequency of nocturia in patients with BPH. Nocturia and other factors associated with it were also investigated.

Forty patients with the confirmed diagnosis of BPH were studied. Transurethral and transvesical prostatectomy were performed in all the patients. Simptoms were evaluated with the International Prostete Sypmtom Score before, as well as three and six months after the surgery. All the results were compared with the control group.

. There was no statistically significant difference between the patients before and after the surgery regarding nocturia. There was, howerer, a statistically significant difference between the operated patients and the control group regarding nocturia, as well as a statistically significant correlation between noctruia and the age of the patients in both the investigated and the control group. A correlation also existed between nocturia and the prostatic size.

There was no statistically significant improvement in symptoms of nocturia after the surgery. It is necessary to be very careful in decision making in patients with nonabsolute indiction for surgery and isolated bothersome symptom of nocturia. Age of a patient should also be considered in the evaluation of favourable result of the surgery because of a significant correlation between noctura and the age of a patient.