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Published on: May 9, 2018
[Ambulatory prostate photoselective vaporisation with GreenLight laser (180W): prospective evaluation from 115
L Corbel1, E Della Negra1, G Berquet2
1Centre Briochin d'urologie, clinique du Littoral, 22000 Saint-Brieuc, France.
Objective:
The goal of this prospective study was the evaluation of ambulatory (less than 12h) prostate photoselective vaporisation (PVP) with GreenLight laser XPS.
Materiel And Methods:
One hundred and fifteen consecutive patients eligible for ambulatory procedure according to selective criteria (age less than 80, no anticoagulation treatment, no diabetes, patient not alone at home) who underwent ambulatory PVP from 1st May 2012 to 30th June 2013 have been evaluated. The principal criterion was the success rate of ambulatory. Secondary criteria were 3 months functional results and complication rate and satisfaction rate on ambulatory procedure.
Results:
Around 93.1% patients were successfully treated in ambulatory procedure. The main reason of failure was organizational. There were 2 conversions in monopolar resection and one operative complication. At 3 months, there were 11.5% grade 2 complications with 3.48% rehospitalizations and no reintervention.
Conclusion:
This study demonstrates the feasibility of ambulatory PVP. This procedure should be proposed to selected patients.
