Laser Outcomes Associated With (Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate) HoLEP Procedures
Start Date
3/4/2024
Completion Date
8/30/2026
Summary
The primary aim is to assess the impact of laser setting frequency and wattage during holmium laser enucleation of the prostate. There is currently no gold-standard laser settings for HoLEP procedures. In the investigator's current high-volume practice, the following settings for enucleation are: 2j 50hz. These settings are conventional settings, but there is no literature to prove optimal laser settings. The investigators hypothesizes that utilization of higher laser settings may be associated with a clinically significant (defined as \> 10%) decrease in procedural time without any detrimental postoperative outcomes, and a utilization of lower laser settings may be associated with a clinically significant (defined as \>10%) reduction in postoperative irritative voiding symptoms without any detrimental postoperative outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to 89 years
Interventions
HoLEP
Conditions
Locations
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois 60611
United States