title: A 2-year follow-up after rotoresection of the prostate: a prospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the success of rotoresection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), after a follow-up of 24 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 24 patients who were the subject of a previous report were followed for up to 24 months; only one patient was lost to follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean (sd) American Urologic Association-7 score decreased from 20.5 (3.8) before surgery to 1.12 (1.56) at 24 months; the mean maximum urinary flow rate increased from 8.7 (2.1) to 21.8 (8.5) mL/s, and the mean total prostate volume decreased from 36.5 (12.9) to 21 (7.9) mL. Early complications were urinary tract infection in 10 patients and mild stress urinary incontinence in 11. One patient had a urethral stricture and another had a posterior urethral stone at 6 months; both were treated successfully with good urinary flow rates thereafter. At 24 months, 23 patients had sterile urine and were continent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thus far, rotoresection of the prostate is a safe and effective method for treating BPH. The hospital stay was short and the functional results excellent at up to 24 months.
authors.affiliation: Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt. bwadie@netscape.net
authors.forename: Bassem S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Wadie
authors.forename: Ahmed B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Shehab El-Dein
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mosbah
authors.forename: Samer M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Elhalwagy
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ghoneim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate / Q000379:methods*