Symptom relief and anejaculation after aquablation or transurethral resection of the prostate: subgroup analysis from a blinded randomized trial.
Mark PlantePeter J GillingNeil BarberMohamed BidairPaul AndersonMark SuttonTev AhoEugene KramolowskyAndrew ThomasBarrett CowanRonald P KaufmanAndrew TrainerAndrew ArtherGopal BadlaniMihir DesaiLeo DoumanianAlexis E TeMark DeGuentherClaus RoehrbornPublished in: BJU international (2018)
In men with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms attributable to BPH and larger, more complex prostates, aquablation was associated with both superior symptom score improvements and a superior safety profile, with a significantly lower rate of postoperative anejaculation. The standardized, robotically executed, surgical approach with aquablation may overcome the increased outcome variability in more complex anatomy, resulting in superior symptom score reduction.