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Readmission Following Prostatic Surgery

Readmission Following Prostatic Surgery

Not Recruiting
40 years and older
Male
Phase N/A

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Overview

This study will be conducted to estimate readmission rate and reasons for readmission after all modalities of endoscopic transurethral surgeries for treatment of BOO secondary to BPH in the last 20 years.

Description

Computerized patient information system (PIS) of Urology and Nephrology Center (UNC) and database of prostate unit of UNC will be reviewed for all preoperative, intraoperative and post discharge data. All follow up visits will be traced for outcome measurement. Patients with no hospital follow up visit will be contacted by phone and interrogated about their LUTS control state, ongoing medication and history of secondary procedures.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

        Men who underwent transurethral prostatic surgery for BPH causing BOO at Urology and
        Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt from Jun. 2005 to Dec. 2024.
        Exclusion Criteria:
          1. Patients who underwent TUR tunnelling for prostatic adenocarcinoma.
          2. LUTS secondary to neuropathic bladder.
          3. Incidentally diagnosed prostate cancer after surgery

Study details
    BPH With Urinary Obstruction

NCT06101576

Mansoura University

30 January 2026

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