Decision regret and patient satisfaction after TURP and Rezūm™ for benign prostatic obstruction: a retrospective comparative cohort study
摘要
Patient-reported outcomes are increasingly relevant in benign prostatic obstruction (BPO), particularly when comparing procedures with different trade-offs in invasiveness, recovery, durability, and preservation of sexual function. We compared decisional regret and global satisfaction between men undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or Rezūm™ water vapor therapy.
Materials and methodsWe conducted a single-center retrospective comparative cohort study. TURP patients were selected to approximate the Rezūm™ cohort according to age and prostate volume. The primary endpoint was an adapted 5-item regret-focused postoperative measure transformed to a 0–100 scale, with lower scores indicating less regret. The secondary endpoint was global satisfaction (0–10). Adjusted linear regression models accounted for residual baseline imbalance.
ResultsA total of 187 men were included, including 94 treated with Rezūm™ and 93 treated with TURP. Regret-focused scores were low in both groups, with median values of 0 (IQR 0–10) after TURP and 5 (IQR 0–20) after Rezūm™ (p = 0.170). Global satisfaction was higher after TURP than after Rezūm™ (median 10 [IQR 9–10] vs. 9 [IQR 8–10], p = 0.002). However, treatment type was not independently associated with satisfaction (β = +0.52; 95% CI − 0.11 to 1.15; p = 0.107) or regret (β = −1.13; 95% CI − 7.86 to 5.61; p = 0.743).
ConclusionsBoth procedures were associated with favorable patient-reported perceptions. Although TURP showed higher unadjusted satisfaction, treatment type was not independently associated with satisfaction or regret after adjustment.