A Comparison of Traditional and MOSES Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (MOLEP): A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded Control Trial
A Comparison of Traditional and MOSES Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (MOLEP): A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded Control Trial
Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HOLEP) has proven to be efficacious and safe for the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). New laser technologies such as the Moses Pulse laser system provide for improved energy delivery which may decrease blood loss and operative time. We seek to evaluate Moses technology for enucleation of the prostate in the setting of BPH.
This is a single-center, prospective, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial comparing MOLEP to HOLEP. Inclusion criteria included all symptomatic BPH patients desiring enucleation with prostate sizes > 80ccs based on cross-sectional imaging. Patients are randomized in a 1:1 fashion and the study is powered to evaluate for a difference in operative time (i.e. alpha=0.05,N=21 per group). All surgeries will be performed with a 550 μm fiber. At the start of each case, a laser technician would be notified of randomization via envelope and randomize the settings to either Moses or traditional mode. The surgeons and patients were blinded to which mode was used. All surgeries will be performed using a two lobe technique and laser settings between 2J and 20-40Hz. Further recorded endpoints include change in blood loss, reduction in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), improvement in uroflow parameters, and complications postoperatively at 6 weeks.
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