Patient characteristics
The median age was 66 (61-72) years, median PSA level was 7.27 (5.13-12.16) ng/ml, and median prostate size was 56 (45-76) cm3. Of the 419 patients, 52.2% were found to have benign prostate hyperplasia with prostate cancer detected in 23.6%, and 58 (13.8%) developed complications. UTI and sepsis were observed in 36 (8.6%) and 3 (0.7%) patients, respectively. No patients were admitted to the intensive care unit.