To compare the postoperative outcomes of male patients who underwent bladder stone (BS) removal, with or without concomitant benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) surgery.
All men aged > 50 years who underwent BS removal at two French university hospitals between 2009 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Four binary outcome criteria were identified during the follow-up: early postoperative complications, stone recurrence, subsequent surgery for BS or BPH, and late surgical complications. A composite score ranging from 0 to 4 was calculated by combining the four criteria.
A median follow-up period of 42 months was observed in 179 patients. Of these, 107 patients were in the "concomitant surgical treatment" (CST) group and 72 in the bladder "stone removal alone" (SRA) group. The CST group presented higher baseline post-void residual volume (105 vs. 30 ml, p = 0.005). Patients who underwent CST had a significantly lower rate of BS recurrence (12% vs. 39%; p = 0,001) and underwent fewer subsequent surgeries (14% vs. 44%; p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the early (51% vs. 35%, p = 0,168) and late (26% vs. 17%, p = 0,229) complications rates between the two groups. A better composite score was observed in the CST than in the SRA, but the difference was not significant (3.07 vs. 2.72, p = 0.078).
As CST increases morbidity and decreases the risk of reoperation, each situation should be considered, taking into account patient choice and comorbidities.
World journal of urology. 2024 Jan 08*** epublish ***
Caroline Chapelle, Etienne Lavallée, Maxime Vallée, Aurélien Descazeaud
CHU La Milétrie, Service d'Urologie Et de Transplantations Rénales, CHU de Poitiers, 2 Rue de La Milétrie, 86021, Poitiers, France. ., Service de Chirurgie Urologique CHU de Québec - Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 11 Côte du Palais, Québec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada., CHU La Milétrie, Service d'Urologie Et de Transplantations Rénales, CHU de Poitiers, 2 Rue de La Milétrie, 86021, Poitiers, France., Service de Chirurgie Urologique, CHU de Limoges, 2, Avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87042, Limoges, France.