Impact of Obesity on Clinical Presentation and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Benign Prostate Hyperplasia Receiving Greenlight Laser Prostatectomy
Po-Han Chen, Ruei-Je Chang, Hsiang-Sheng Wang, Ying-Hsu Chang, Chung-Yi Liu, Liang-Kang Huang, Hung-Chen Kan, Po-Hung Lin, Kai-Jie Yu, Cheng-Keng Chuang, See-Tong Pang, Chun-Te Wu, Ming-Li Hsieh, I-Hung Shao · 2024
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Description
Po-Han Chen and co-authors ask whether a patient's weight changes the story of laser surgery for an enlarged prostate. Their records cover 891 men treated with GreenLight laser vaporisation between 2014 and 2020 in Taiwan, grouped by local body mass standards. The team compared ages, prostate size, symptom scores, urine flow measures, and what happened during and after surgery across the weight groups.
Obese patients were younger and had larger prostates, yet reported the same symptom burden as leaner men. They started and ended with less urine left behind after voiding, though the leaner group improved more on that measure after surgery. Weight made no clear difference to operating details or complications. The authors describe body mass as playing a nuanced role: it shapes the starting picture more than the surgical result.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Po-Han Chen, Ruei-Je Chang, Hsiang-Sheng Wang, Ying-Hsu Chang, Chung-Yi Liu, Liang-Kang Huang, Hung-Chen Kan, Po-Hung Lin, Kai-Jie Yu, Cheng-Keng Chuang, See-Tong Pang, Chun-Te Wu, Ming-Li Hsieh, I-Hung Shao |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |