Enucleación prostática con láser holmium / Prostatic enucleation with holmium laser

Objetivo: La hipertrofia prostática afecta a partir de los 40 años a un porcentaje creciente de varones, aumentando este con la edad, actualmente contamos con una nueva arma terapéutica, el láser Holmium. Método: Recogemos de manera retrospectiva los datos obtenidos de forma retrospectiva de los 300 enfermos intervenidos mediante HoLEP prostático en nuestro centro. Resultados: Obtenemos: una estancia media hospitalaria de 1,8 días (Rango 1-15 días, mediana 1,8), un tiempo medio de cateterismo de 30,6h (Rango 12-312, Mediana 30,3), el tiempo quirúrgico total desde que el enfermo entra hasta que sale del quirófano es de 75 min. (Rango 38-150, Mediana 71), El flujo máximo es de 24,7 ml/seg a 6 meses y de 23,9 ml/seg a 12 meses. El rendimiento quirúrgico, los gramos resecados por minuto es de 0,48 en el grupo completo. Observamos una variación en los datos que afecta a los 20 primeros casos, con un empeoramiento de los resultados en este grupo Conclusiones: en nuestra opinión la enucleación con láser de Holmium es un método adecuado que garantiza unos resultados óptimos, perfectamente comparables a los obtenidos mediante técnicas quirúrgicas endoscópica clásicas y cirugía abierta, con un número de complicaciones bajo y que beneficia al enfermo al disminuir la necesidad de trasfusiones, el tiempo de sondaje vesical y de estancia hospitalaria, en contrapartida, presenta una curva de aprendizaje en torno a 20 procedimientos, en la que se pueden presentar complicaciones que desanimen al cirujano y que paralicen el proyecto de implantación de la técnica en un centro, al tener procedimientos fáciles y asequibles a su alcance ya establecidos (AU)

Objectives: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects a growing percentage of males over the age of 40 years, increasing with age. Currently, we have a new therapeutic tool available: the holmium laser. Methods: We retrospectively collected data of 300 patients undergoing holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) in our center. Results: The results are: mean hospital stay 1,8 days (range 1-15 days, median 1,8); mean bladder catheter time 30.6 hours (range 12-312, median 30.3), total operative room time 75 minutes (range 38-150, median 71), maximal flow rate at six months 24.7 ml/sec. and 23.9 ml/sec. at 12 months. Surgical performance, number of grams resected per minute, is 0.48 for the whole group. We observed a variation in data from the first 20 cases, with worse results in this group. Conclusions: In our opinion holmium laser enucleation is an adequate method that the guarantees optimal results, comparable to those obtained with classic endoscopic and open surgical techniques, with a low rate of complications, which benefits the patient by diminishing the need for transfusions, catheterization time, and hospital stay; conversely, it has a learning curve of around 20 procedures, which may be associated with complications that may discourage the surgeon and stop the project of technique implementation in a center, having easy, accessible, established alternative procedures (AU)

[Prostatic enucleation with holmium laser]. / Enucleación prostática con láser holmium.

OBJECTIVES: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects a growing percentage of males over the age of 40 years, increasing with age. Currently, we have a new therapeutic tool available: the holmium laser. METHODS: We retrospectively collected data of 300 patients undergoing holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) in our center. RESULTS: The results are: mean hospital stay 1.8 days (range 1-15 days, median 1.8); mean bladder catheter time 30.6 hours (range 12-312, median 30.3), total operative room time 75 minutes (range 38-150, median 71), maximal flow rate at six months 24.7 ml/sec. and 23.9 ml/sec. at 12 months. Surgical performance, number of grams resected per minute, is 0.48 for the whole group. We observed a variation in data from the first 20 cases, with worse results in this group. CONCLUSIONS: In our opinion holmium laser enucleation is an adequate method that the guarantees optimal results, comparable to those obtained with classic endoscopic and open surgical techniques, with a low rate of complications, which benefits the patient by diminishing the need for transfusions, catheterization time, and hospital stay; conversely, it has a learning curve of around 20 procedures, which may be associated with complications that may discourage the surgeon and stop the project of technique implementation in a center, having easy, accessible, established alternative procedures.

[Laparoscopic surgery training in pelvitrainer and virtual simulators]. / Aprendizaje de la cirugía laparoscópica en pelvitrainer y en simuladores virtuales.

Over the last few decades, there has been a rise in the number of minimally invasive techniques, such as arthroscopy, vascular radiology and our speciality, laparoscopy. Laparoscopy has resulted in a reduction in the damage caused during intervention, with the subsequent reduction in hospital stay, postoperative pain and infections. However, one disadvantage of these techniques is that they require a large investment in instruments and a long and costly training period. In the following chapter, we describe the laparoscopic training process of the medical residents from our Urology Service in the pelvitrainer and virtual simulator.

Aprendizaje de la cirugía laparoscópica en Pelvitrainer y en simuladores virtuales / Laparoscopic surgery training in pelvitrainer and virtual simulators

En las últimas décadas se han incrementado las técnicas quirúrgicas mínimamente invasivas, como la artroscopia, radiología vascular y en nuestra especialidad la laparoscopia. Con la laparoscopia se ha reducido el daño causado durante la intervención, con la consiguiente disminución del periodo de hospitalización, el dolor postoperatorio y las infecciones. Sin embargo estas técnicas presentan el inconveniente de requerir grandes inversiones en instrumental y un periodo de entrenamiento más largo y costoso. En el siguiente capítulo repasamos el proceso de aprendizaje laparoscópico realizado en el pelvitrainer y en el simulador virtual por parte de los residentes de nuestro Servicio de Urología

Over the last few decades, there has been a rise in the number of minimally invasive techniques, such as arthroscopy, vascular radiology and our speciality, laparoscopy. Laparoscopy has resulted in a reduction in the damage caused during intervention, with the subsequent reduction in hospital stay, postoperative pain and infections. However, one disadvantage of these techniques is that they require a large investment in instruments and a long and costly training period. In the following chapter, we describe the laparoscopic training process of the medical residents from our Urology Service in the pelvitrainer and virtual simulator