Holmium laser prostatectomy in a tertiary Italian center: A prospective cost analysis in comparison with bipolar TURP and open prostatectomy.
Arch Ital Urol Androl
; 92(2)2020 Jun 23.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the economic impact of Holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HoLEP) in comparison with transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) and open prostatectomy (OP).METHODS:
Between January 2017 and January 2018, we prospectively enrolled 151 men who underwent HoLEP, TURP or OP at tertiary Italian center, due to bladder outflow obstruction symptoms. Patients with prostate volume ≤ 70 cc and those with prostate volume > 70 cc were scheduled for TURP or HoLEP and OP or HoLEP, respectively. Intraoperative and early post-operative functional outcomes were recorded up to 6 months follow up. Cost analysis was carried out considering direct costs (operating room [OR] utilization costs, nurse, surgeons and anesthesiologists' costs, OR disposable products costs and OR products sterilization costs), indirect costs (hospital stay costs and diagnostics costs) and global costs as sum of both direct and indirect plus general costs related to hospitalization. Cost analysis was performed comparing patients referred to TURP and HoLEP with prostate volume ≤ 70 cc and men underwent OP and HoLEP with prostate volume > 70 cc respectively.RESULTS:
Overall, 53 (35.1%), 51 (33.7%) and 47 (31.1%) were scheduled to HoLEP, TURP and OP, respectively. Both TURP, HoLEP and OP proved to effectively improve urinary symptoms related to BPE. Considering patients with prostate volume ≤ 70 cc, median global cost of HoLEP was similar to median global cost of TURP (2151.69 vs. 2185.61 , respectively; p = 0.61). Considering patients with prostate volume > 70 cc, median global cost of HoLEP was found to be significantly lower than median global cost of OP (2174.15 vs. 4064.97 , respectively; p ≤ 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Global costs of HoLEP are comparable to those of TURP, offering a cost saving of only 11.4 in favor of HoLEP. Conversely, HoLEP proved to be a strong competitor of OP because of significant global cost sparing amounting to 1890.82 in favor of HoLEP.
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Assunto principal:
Prostatectomia
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Hiperplasia Prostática
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Obstrução do Colo da Bexiga Urinária
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Custos e Análise de Custo
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Lasers de Estado Sólido
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Ital Urol Androl
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article