Objective: In this prospective study, we ai-med to find how soon patients return to their daily lives after transurethral prostate resection (TURP) and to determine the factors that affect the amount of time.
Material and Methods: Between Decem-ber 2009 and May 2010, thirty seven patients who underwent TURP in our clinic with the di-agnosis of BPH were included in the study. The ages, duration of symptoms, international pros-tatic symptom scores (IPSS), maximum flow ra-tes (Qmax), prostatic volumes, postvoid residu-al urine volumes, preoperative and postopera-tive hemoglobin (Hb) values, preoperative cat-heterization statuses, lengths of hospitalization, catheter removal times after operation and ope-ration lengths of patients were noted. The pati-ents were examined at first month after operati-on and were asked how soon they had returned to their daily lives in a face to face interview. Re-garding the amount of recovery time (over or less than 7 days), the patients were divided into two groups. Groups were compared as to the pre/pos-toperative factors that may affect their recovery. Results: When we compared two groups, we fo-und that pre and postoperative Hb levels and lengths of hospitalization were significantly diffe-rent between two groups (p=0.03, 0.01 and 0.03, respectively). The most important variable in lo-gistic regression analysis (by Beckward-Stepwise method) was postoperative Hb level.
Conclusion: Postoperative Hb level seemed to be the most important independent variable affecting the recovery time of TURP patients. So we think that maximum care should be given to peroperative bleeding.
Key Words: Benign prostatic hyperplasia, daily life, quality of life, transurethral resection of prostate
Abstract
Objective: In this prospective study, we ai-med to find how soon patients return to their daily lives after transurethral prostate resection (TURP) and to determine the factors that affect the amount of time.
Material and Methods: Between Decem-ber 2009 and May 2010, thirty seven patients who underwent TURP in our clinic with the di-agnosis of BPH were included in the study. The ages, duration of symptoms, international pros-tatic symptom scores (IPSS), maximum flow ra-tes (Qmax), prostatic volumes, postvoid residu-al urine volumes, preoperative and postopera-tive hemoglobin (Hb) values, preoperative cat-heterization statuses, lengths of hospitalization, catheter removal times after operation and ope-ration lengths of patients were noted. The pati-ents were examined at first month after operati-on and were asked how soon they had returned to their daily lives in a face to face interview. Re-garding the amount of recovery time (over or less than 7 days), the patients were divided into two groups. Groups were compared as to the pre/pos-toperative factors that may affect their recovery. Results: When we compared two groups, we fo-und that pre and postoperative Hb levels and lengths of hospitalization were significantly diffe-rent between two groups (p=0.03, 0.01 and 0.03, respectively). The most important variable in lo-gistic regression analysis (by Beckward-Stepwise method) was postoperative Hb level.
Conclusion: Postoperative Hb level seemed to be the most important independent variable affecting the recovery time of TURP patients. So we think that maximum care should be given to peroperative bleeding.
Key Words: Benign prostatic hyperplasia, daily life, quality of life, transurethral resection of prostate