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SUBMITTER: Busetto GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093193 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Busetto Gian Maria GM Del Giudice Francesco F Maggi Martina M Antonini Gabriele G D'Agostino Daniele D Romagnoli Daniele D Del Rosso Alessandro A Giampaoli Marco M Corsi Paolo P Palmer Katie K Ferro Matteo M Lucarelli Giuseppe G Terracciano Daniela D De Cobelli Ottavio O Sciarra Alessandro A De Berardinis Ettore E Porreca Angelo A
Aging 20200311 5
Five α-reductase inhibitors (5ARIs) are able to reduce prostate volume and are a useful treatment for reducing perioperative bleeding during prostate surgery. Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is an effective surgical technique for the definitive cure of benign prostate enlargement.We investigated whether pretreatment with dutasteride before HoLEP could reduce intraoperative bleeding. A total of 402 patients were included in this double-blind placebo-controlled trial to receive d ...[more]