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Metabolic syndrome and smoking are associated with persistence of nocturia after transurethral resection of the prostate.

Cosimo De NunzioGiorgia TemaRiccardo LombardoAntonio CicioneAntonio NacchiaSimone D'AnnunzioLuca SarchiFlavia ProiettiAldo BrassettiAndrea Tubaro
Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics (2019)
In our single-center study, MetS and smoking increased the risk of moderate/severe persistent nocturia after TURP in patients with LUTS-BPE. Although these results should be confirmed, and the pathophysiology is yet to be completely understood, counseling smokers and MetS patients about the risk of postoperative persistent nocturia is warranted.
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