Author(s)

Lahoumbo Ricardo Gnammi^1*, Demba Cissé¹, Vahina Alexandre Gamamou¹, Daouda Kanté¹, Mamadou Diawo Bah¹, El-Mouksitou Akinocho², Sabi Couscous Hassiatou³, Abdul-Haqq Bah-L’Imam¹, Thierno Oumar Diallo¹, Thierno Mamadou Oury Diallo¹, Ibrahima Bah¹, Abdoulaye Bobo Diallo¹, Oumar Raphiou Bah¹

¹Department of Urology-Andrology, Ignace Deen UHC, Conakry, Republic of Guinea.
²School of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
³Medical Imaging Department, Ambroise Pare Clinic, Conakry, Guinea.

Objective: To compare the results of transvesical and retropubic prostatic adenomectomies at the Urology-Andrology Department of Conakry University Hospital. Methodology: This was a prospective multi-operator analytical study lasting 6 months. It included 70 patients operated on for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), divided into 2 groups of 35 according to the retropubic or transvesical technique. The data was collected using a questionnaire and entered into the Epi info application. The analysis was initially descriptive and then univariate. To identify confounding factors, a multivariate analysis was performed. The application conditions of each test were checked before their application. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Upper adenomectomies represented 53.6% of surgeries performed for BPH. The average age was 73.2 years. The mean prostate volume was 117 ± 51.6 cc and the mean total PSA was 9.2 ± 11.4 ng/ml. The majority of patients had an ASA1 (60%) and ASA2 (37.1%) score. Spinal anesthesia, a double-current silicone probe with hinged hinge 22, and drainage of the prevesical space were carried out in all patients, i.e. 100%. The average overall blood loss was 229 ± 98.2 ml. It was lower in the group of patients operated via the retropubic route (187 ± 60.4 ml). The same was true for the duration of intervention (49.1 ± 7.17 vs 55.4 ± 7.9 min), the catheter wearing time (5.14 ± 0.97 vs 9.29 ± 2 .9 days) and the length of hospitalization (=6.26 ± 1.15 vs 12.1 ± 5.74 days). Conclusion: The retropubic technique has advantages over the transvesical one. These advantages are translated by a gain in the duration of the intervention, blood loss, catheter wearing time and length of hospitalization.

Upper Adenomectomies, BPH, Retropubic Approach, Transvesical Approach, Conakry

Gnammi, L. , Cissé, D. , Gamamou, V. , Kanté, D. , Bah, M. , Akinocho, E. , Hassiatou, S. , Bah-L’Imam, A. , Diallo, T. , Diallo, T. , Bah, I. , Diallo, A. and Bah, O. (2024) Comparative Study of Transvesical and Retropubic Prostatic Adenomectomies in the Urology-Andrology Department of Ignace Deen University Hospital Center. Open Journal of Urology, 14, 227-243. doi: 10.4236/oju.2024.144023.