Can a Simple Geriatric Assessment Predict the Outcome of TURP?
- 1 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Urologia Internationalis
- Vol. 104 (5-6), 367-372
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000506717
Abstract
Purpose:To determine the impact of a simple preoperative geriatric assessment on the outcome in older patients with recurrent urinary retention who underwent desobstructive surgery.Patients and Methods:Patients aged 75 years or older with recurrent urinary retention referred for TURP entered this prospective, multicentre study. Several demographic, intra- and postoperative parameters were assessed. Preoperative geriatric assessment was performed by the 7-item Canadian Study of Health and Ageing (CSHA) frailty scale (1: very fit, 7: severely frail; completion takes less than a minute). The main outcome parameters were successful voiding rates at discharge and 3 months postoperatively.Results:A total of 54 patients were recruited; 42 (77.8%) patients had a CSHA index of 1-3 and were considered as "fit", the remaining 12 (22.2%) formed the "frail" group (CSHA index 4-7). Age was identical in both cohorts (79.5 +/- 3.7 vs. 79.7 +/- 3.3 years); differences were demonstrable for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score (p= 0.001), the number of daily medications (>4: 32 vs. 75%,p= 0.02), falls within the past 6 months (12 vs. 33%), and the necessity of home/nursing care (5 vs. 42%,p= 0.004). Intra- and perioperative complications, duration of postoperative catheterization, and length of hospitalization were identical in both cohorts. The success rate at discharge was 80.6% in fit and 75.0% in frail patients; the respective values at 3 months were 95.2 and 83.3%.Conclusions:A simple 1-min geriatric assessment tool can predict - to a certain extent - the outcome of desobstructive surgery in older patients with recurrent urinary retention. Fit patients achieve an excellent outcome while frail patients might benefit from a more in-depth urodynamic/geriatric evaluation.Keywords
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