FOI_6852

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6852

Date Request Received: 03/11/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 15/11/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Benign Prostate Enlargement

Request Category: Health


Question Number 1: Have you ever offered Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) as a surgical intervention for patients with Benign Prostate Enlargement at your Trust? a. If yes, what is the exact date (at least month and year) that your Urology department began to offer this treatment (and end date if applicable)? b. If yes, could you please provide the number of HoLEP procedures completed at your Trust in the fiscal year 2021/2022

Answer To Question 1: a) We have done HoLEPs since 6/8/14. b) The number of HoLEP procedures completed at our Trust in the fiscal year 2021/2022 (to 05/04/2022) = 44

Question Number 2: Have you ever offered GreenLight Laser prostatectomy as a surgical intervention for patients with Benign Prostate Enlargement at your Trust? a. If yes, what is the exact date (at least month and year) that your Urology department began to offer this treatment (and end date if applicable)? b. If yes, could you please provide the number of GreenLight procedures completed at you your Trust in the fiscal year 2021/2022

Answer To Question 2: We do not do GreenLight laser treatment.

Question Number 3: Have you ever offered both HoLEP and GreenLight simultaneously as a surgical intervention for patients with Benign Prostate Enlargement at your Trust? a. If yes, what is the exact date (at least month and year) that your Urology department began to offer both treatment options to patients (and end date if applicable)?

Answer To Question 3: N/A - we do not do GreenLight laser treatment.

Question Number 4: Have you ever offered transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) as a surgical intervention for patients with Benign Prostate Enlargement at your Trust? a. If yes, could you please provide the number of operations completed at your Trust in the fiscal year 2021/2022

Answer To Question 4: All our TURPs are Bipolar TURPs. a) The number of TURP operations completed at our Trust in the fiscal year 2021/2022 (to 05/04/2022) = 28

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