A comparison of transurethral surgery with watchful waiting for moderate symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

The New England Journal of Medicine
J H WassonW G Henderson

Abstract

Transurethral resection of the prostate is the most common surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. We conducted a multicenter randomized trial to compare this surgery with watchful waiting in men with moderate symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Of 800 men over the age of 54 years who were screened between July 1986 and July 1989, 556 (mean [+/- SD] age, 66 +/- 5 years) were studied (280 in the surgery group and 276 in the watchful-waiting group). Patients' symptoms and the degree to which they were bothered by urinary difficulties were measured with standardized questionnaires and medical evaluations. The primary outcome measure was treatment failure, which was defined as the occurrence of any of the following: death, repeated or intractable urinary retention, a residual urinary volume over 350 ml, the development of bladder calculus, new and persistent incontinence, a high symptom score, or a doubling of the serum creatinine concentration. Patients were followed for three years. Of the men randomly assigned to the surgery group, 249 underwent surgery within two weeks after the assignment. Surgery was not associated with impotence or urinary incontinence. The average follow-up period was 2.8 years. In an int...Continue Reading

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