Extended LUTS medication use following BPH surgical treatment: a US healthcare claims analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative medication use is an important yet relatively unexplored element of the benign prostatic hyperplasia patient journey. We assessed and compared the percentage of patients who required medication postoperatively after the three most common BPH surgeries in the real world: transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), photovaporization procedure with GreenLight Laser (PVP), and prostatic urethral lift (PUL) with the UroLift system.

Methods

Within a random representative sample of US Medicare and commercial insurance claims, patients with at least one year of follow-up data available after an outpatient TURP, PVP, or PUL procedure were linked to pharmaceutical claims to elucidate rates of continuous and de novo use of alpha-blockers, 5-alpha reductase

SUBMITTER: Kaplan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12643914 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature