Clinical Comparison of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate and Bipolar Transurethral Enucleation of the Prostate in Patients Under Either Anticoagulation or Antiplatelet Therapy

• DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.03.002
• Publication Date: 2019-03-11T22:34:32Z
• Authors: Luca Boeri; Paolo Capogrosso; Eugenio Ventimiglia; Matteo Fontana; Gianluca Sampogna; Stefano Paolo Zan...; Edoardo Pozzi; Rani Zuabi; Nicolò Schifano; Francesco Chierigo; Fabrizio Longo; Franco Gadda; Paolo Guido Dell’...; Vincenzo Scattoni; Francesco Montorsi; Emanuele Montanari; Andrea Salonia
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Electrosurgery; Prostatic Hyperplasia; Transurethral Resection of Prostate; Anticoagulants; Lasers, Solid-State; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Treatment Outcome; 0302 clinical medicine; Anticoagulation therapy; Antiplatelet therapy; Bipolar transurethral enucleation of the prostate; Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; Safety profile; Risk Factors; Humans; Anticoagulation therapy; Antiplatelet therapy; Bipolar transurethral enucleation of the prostate; Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; Safety profile; Urology; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Retrospective Studies

A significant number of patients who require surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia are under either anticoagulation (AC) or antiplatelet (AP) therapy.To assess the efficacy and morbidity of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and bipolar transurethral enucleation of the prostate (B-TUEP) in patients who required AC/AP therapy.This study included 296 (67.6%) and 142 (32.4%) patients who underwent HoLEP and B-TUEP, respectively. The AC/AP group included patients whose AP therapy was not interrupted pre-, peri-, and/or postoperatively, and patients who underwent perioperative AC therapy bridging with low-molecular-weight heparin.HoLEP and B-TUEP.We tested the hypothesis that AC/AP therapy had a limited impact on the efficacy of HoLEP and B-TUEP. To adjust for potential baseline confounders, propensity-score matching was performed. Clinical characteristics were compared among groups using the Kruskal-Wallis or chi-square test. Logistic regression analyses tested the association between clinical variables and the odds of Clavien-Dindo ≥2 complications after surgery.Overall, 28 (9.5%) and 46 (15.5%) patients in the HoLEP group and 15 (10.5%) and 24 (16.9%) men in the B-TUEP group had AC and AP therapy, respectively (p=0.9). HoLEP patients under either AC or AP therapy deserved longer catheter maintenance and a longer hospital stay (HS) than those without AC/AP therapy (all p≤0.01). Operative time, rates of postoperative complications, and 2-mo International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) were similar between patients with and without AC/CP. Among B-TUEP patients, HS was longer (p=0.03) and the rate of complications was higher (p<0.001) in patients under AC or AP therapy. Postoperative haemoglobin drop and 2-mo IPSS were similar among groups and surgical techniques. Limitations are the retrospective nature of the study, and the lack of long-term complications and functional outcomes.HoLEP and B-TUEP can safely be performed in patients deserving continuous AP/AC therapy with only a slight increase in HS and catheterisation time.We assessed the safety and efficacy of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and bipolar transurethral enucleation of the prostate (B-TUEP) in men under chronic anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapy. Both HoLEP and B-TUEP could safely be performed as minimally invasive treatment options in this subset of patients at a high risk of bleeding from benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery.