[Contemporary surgical management of benign prostatic obstruction in Germany : A population-wide study based on German hospital quality report data from 2006 to 2019].

ABSTRACT:

Background

The surgical management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) has greatly evolved in recent years.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to present contemporary management and trends for surgical BPO therapy in Germany.

Materials and methods

Disease and procedure rates were extracted using the online platform reimbursement.INFO that is based on German hospital quality report data. For the diagnosis of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), the ICD codes N40 and D29.1 were used. For evaluation of the surgical procedures OPS codes 5‑600.0, 5‑601, 5‑603, 5‑609.4 and 5‑609.8 including their subcodes were used. In addition to descriptive analyses, trend and correlation analyses were performed.

Results

In 2019, a total of 83,687 procedures for BPO in 473 urologi

SUBMITTER: Uhlig A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9072522 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature