A Prospective Study of Bipolar Transurethral Resection of Prostate Comparing the Efficiency and Safety of the Method in Large and Small Adenomas

Table 2

Presentation of the operation time, catheterization time, hospital stay, and surgical results for the whole group of patients.

Factor	Mean value (range)	Percentage of change	value
Operation time (minutes)	63.26 (36–151)
Catheterization time (hours)	28.06 (16–98)
Hospital stay (hours)	32.01 (22–75)
IPSS pre/post	18.2/9.57	−47.41%	0.001
QoL pre/post	3.37/1.46	−56.67%	0.001
pre/post	8.44/16.97	101.07%	0.001
Residual urine pre/post	167.71/57.08	−65.97%	0.001

Abnormal distribution: the comparison was made with the Wilcoxon matched pairs signed ranks test.
Normal distribution: the comparison was made with the -test (matched pairs).