| Patients | |
| Number | 60 |
| Mean age in years (range) | 69.1 (48 - 85) |
| Hypertension | 13 (21.7) |
| Asthma | 2 (3.3) |
| Previous hernia repair | 2 (3.3) |
| BOO surgery indications | |
| Acute urinary retention | 22 (36.7) |
| Chronic urinary retention | 32 (53.3) |
| Obstructive renal failure | 3 (5) |
| Prostate disease | |
| n patients with BPH (%) | 25 (41.7) |
| n patients with prostate cancer (%) | 35 (58.3) |
| Preoperative PSA in ng/mL: mean (range) | |
| BPH | 7.1 (0.96 - 33.15) |
| Prostate cancer | 424.7 (4.35 - 3015) |
| Concomitant surgery | |
| Urethrotomy | 2 (3.3) |
| Inguinal hernia repair | 2 (3.4) |
| Complications | |
| re-TURP | 7 (11.7) |
| Preoperative urinary infection | 5 (8.3) |
| Number of days inward (% patients) | |
| 3 | 53 (88.3) |
| 4 to 5 | 7 (11.7) |