Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the safety and feasibility of Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) in patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT).
Methods
From March 2013 to August 2016, we retrospectively analyzed 1124 benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients undergoing HoLEP and divided into four groups: 56 cases receiving DAPT therapy (group A); 72 patients treated with continuous single antiplatelet (AP) therapy (group B); 41 patients treated with single AP therapy but intermittent during preoperative time (group C) and 955 cases had no AP therapy (group D). Patients’ baseline characteristics, 1-year clinical outcomes, rates of postoperative bleeding and complications were presented in this study.
Results
All patients received successful operations and no severe postoperative complications occurred. Only one patient in Group D required transfusion. The enucleation time and catheterization time for the DAPT patients were the longest among four groups (p < 0.001, respectively). The overall complications rates within 30 days were 23.2% (13/56) in Group A, 27.8% (20/72) in Group B, 19.5% (8/41) in Group C, and 27.0% (258/955) in Group D, respectively (p = 0.678). By the 12 months, the international prostate symptom scores (IPSS), quality of life scores (QOL) and residual urine volume (RUV) in all groups have been significantly improved.
Conclusion
HoLEP in patients receiving DAPT after coronary artery stunting showed similar results to those achieved in patients receiving single AP therapy or non-AP therapy. It can be a good option, which the urologists can offer to those patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia refractory to medical treatment.
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Abbreviations
- BPH:
-
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- HoLEP:
-
Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate
- TURP:
-
Transurethral resection of the prostate
- PVP:
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Photoselective vaporization of the prostate
- CABG:
-
Coronary artery bypass grafts
- DAPT:
-
Dual antiplatelet treatment
- PSA:
-
Prostate-specific antigen
- TRUS:
-
Transrectal ultrasonography
- PVR:
-
Post-void residual urine
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We gratefully acknowledge the urologists making great contributions to the prostatic laser surgery, especially YiRan Huang and Gilling PJ.
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SJ: Project development and manuscript writing. SA: Data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing. TZ: Data collection and management. XW: Project development and manuscript editing.
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Sun, J., Shi, A., Tong, Z. et al. Safety and feasibility study of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HOLEP) on patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). World J Urol 36, 271–276 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-017-2129-y
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