Mortality and Reoperation after Open and Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Abstract
As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate alter-native treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia, we compared the outcomes of transurethral resection of the prostate with those of open prostatectomy. Men undergoing prostatectomy in Denmark (n = 36,703), Oxfordshire, England (n = 5284), and Manitoba, Canada (n = 12,090), were identified retrospectively through administrative data and followed for up to eight years.