Early experience of "En bloc" holmium laser enucleation of the prostate in Saudi Arabia. 2024

Mohannad Alharbi, and Bader Alshamsan, and Mohammed Almansour, and Abdullah Alharbi, and Adel Algaadi, and Mohamed F Abdelhafez
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.

Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) showed higher efficacy than transurethral resection for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The present study aims to report the outcome of BPH treatment by HoLEP in a tertiary center. An observational prospectively collected data for consecutive symptomatic BPH patients undergoing HoLEP between January 2020 and December 2021. Demographic and perioperative data were collected with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), quality of life, peak flow rate (Qmax), residual urine postvoid residual (PVR), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) changes, in addition to perioperative and late adverse events. One hundred patients were included with a median age of 73 years (range 65-80). The IPSS improved by 80% postoperatively (25 vs. 5, P < 0.001). Similarly, Qmax significantly improved. Seven patients were found to have incidental prostate cancer. No patient needed a perioperative blood transfusion. Compared to its preoperative values, follow-up PSA has been reduced by 75% (P < 0.001). Urethral stricture and bladder neck contracture were noted in < 2% of the patients. HoLEP is feasible for all prostate sizes and a safe and effective treatment for BPH patients; our results are consistent with the reported data in the literature regarding functional outcomes, complication rates, and urinary incontinence rates.

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