An Olympus SurgMaster UES-40 bipolar generator and OES-Pro bipolar resectoscope
(Olympus Europe, Hamburg, Germany) were used for operations in the B-TUEP
cohort. The standard energy settings for cutting and coagulation were 200 and
120 W, respectively. The enucleation and resection energies were 60 and 120 W,
respectively. The surgical technique followed the procedure presented by Liu et al. (2010) (link). All
laser enucleation procedures were performed using a 120-W thulium laser (Vela
XL, Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA, USA) with a continuous wavelength of
1.94 μm. A LightTrail single-use laser fiber with a wavelength of 600 μm was
employed. The fiber was introduced using an Olympus 26F continuous-flow
resectoscope. Irrigation with a 0.9% sodium chloride solution was used in all
processes. The enucleated prostate tissue was ground using a Wolf Piranha
morcellator. The technique used in the ThuLEP group was described by Herrmann et al. (2010) (link).
All RASP procedures were performed using the da Vinci Si Surgical System
(Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) and employed a suprapubic and
transvesical method described by Leslie et al. (2014) (link)
(Olympus Europe, Hamburg, Germany) were used for operations in the B-TUEP
cohort. The standard energy settings for cutting and coagulation were 200 and
120 W, respectively. The enucleation and resection energies were 60 and 120 W,
respectively. The surgical technique followed the procedure presented by Liu et al. (2010) (link). All
laser enucleation procedures were performed using a 120-W thulium laser (Vela
XL, Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA, USA) with a continuous wavelength of
1.94 μm. A LightTrail single-use laser fiber with a wavelength of 600 μm was
employed. The fiber was introduced using an Olympus 26F continuous-flow
resectoscope. Irrigation with a 0.9% sodium chloride solution was used in all
processes. The enucleated prostate tissue was ground using a Wolf Piranha
morcellator. The technique used in the ThuLEP group was described by Herrmann et al. (2010) (link).
All RASP procedures were performed using the da Vinci Si Surgical System
(Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) and employed a suprapubic and
transvesical method described by Leslie et al. (2014) (link)