5-YEAR OUTCOME OF SURGICAL RESECTION AND WATCHFUL WAITING FOR MEN WITH MODERATELY SYMPTOMATIC BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: A DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COOPERATIVE STUDY

Abstract

For men with moderate symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia transurethral prostatic resection has more favorable outcomes up to 5 years of followup compared to watchful waiting. While many men do well on watchful waiting, those who undergo transurethral prostatic resection after a trial of watchful waiting have less improvement in measures of bladder function than men randomized to resection, although there is no difference in serious adverse outcomes or bother from genitourinary symptoms.