Surgery for benign prostate enlargement in England: 10-year retrospective study of 155 874 patients

Abstract

To analyse the trend in surgical interventions of benign prostate enlargement (BPE) in the UK National Health Service (NHS) in England (prostatic urethral lift, transurethral water vapour therapy, prostate artery embolisation, photoselective vaporisation of the prostate, transurethral incision of the prostate, holmium laser enucleation of the prostate, transurethral vaporisation of the prostate, transurethral resection of the prostate [TURP], and open surgery) and report prevalence of peri-procedural complications and subsequent risk of re-intervention.