Introduction: Both prostatic enucleation and adenomectomy can be considered gold treatments for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) of large volume with obstructive clinic.
Nowdays trend to minimally invasive surgery and/or the anatomical impossibility for enucleation have motivated the laparoscopic approach to conventional adenomectomy.
We present the objective and subjective functional outcomes of our initial series of laparoscopic adenomectomies while surgical steps are shown.
Methods: Surgical tips are shown while functional outcomes are described.
We prospectively analyzed patients undergoing extraperitoneal laparoscopic adenomectomy between April - December 2020 for infravesical obstruction due to BPH.
We evaluated objective functional outcomes using flowmetry and post-voiding residue and subjective with sexual and quality of life questionnaires (IPSS AND IIEF) before and after surgery.
Demographic data on age, weight and height were collected; prostate size estimated by ultrasound; surgical time, intraoperative bleeding, days of hospital stay, subjective pain measured by visual EVA scale, weight and anatomy of the surgical piece, and postoperative complications according to Clavien Dindo gradation.
Descriptive analysis is performed.
Results: 50 laparoscopic procedures were performed on patients with a mean age of 70 years (range 60-78) and a mean ultrasound prostate size of 120cc (80-180). 19 of these patients were bladder catheter carriers at the time of surgery. Mean surgical time: 90min (80-150);decreased hemoglobin test 1.2gr/dl (0.5-3.8).
Postoperative pain was 0/2 according to EVA scale, and mean hospital stay 2 days (1-7). We recorded 5 complications grade 3 Clavien Dindo scale (urinary tract infections) and one grade 2 (tube obstruction).
The IPSS questionnaires showed a mean decrease of 19.41 points in the questions referring to voiding symptoms and 3.92 in the quality of life index.
Peak flow was increased by >10 ml/sg and no patient had significant post-voiding residue.
The IIEF showed an average increase of 4.45 points.
Conclusions: Functional results, objectified through the use of validated questionnaires, support the laparoscopic approach in those selected cases.
Laparoscopic adenomectomy represents a reasonable, safe and effective alternative in the treatment of high-volume prostatic hypertrophy with associated voiding clinic.
Decreases the rate of transfusions, postoperative analgesic requirement and hospital stay, maintaining a satisfactory functional result.
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