About this trial
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
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Males 18-89 who are undergoing HoLEP for the treatment of bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms, that are typically caused by enlarged prostates
Disqualifiers
Prostates measurements over 200g
Patients who lack decisional capacity
Patients who are non-english speakers
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
HoLEP
Procedure/SurgeryPatients will be randomized to one of the laser energy groups day of surgery.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Identifying Outcomes of 40 hz, 50 hz and 60 hz laser setting groups during Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate.
Comparing operative outcomes between the 40 hz, 50 hz and 60 hz laser setting groups.
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