REVIEW article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Genitourinary Surgery and Interventions
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1668140
This article is part of the Research TopicFrom Novice to Expertise: The Evolution of Bipolar Enucleation of the ProstateView all articles
Three surgical techniques using different energy sources for anatomical endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (AEEP)
Provisionally accepted
- 1Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China
- 2First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Nanchang, China
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Although transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) remains the gold standard for the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), this approach is associated with a high recurrence rate and numerous postoperative complications. Recently, advancements in equipment and surgical techniques have led to the increased clinical application of anatomical endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (AEEP). The primary devices used in AEEP include bipolar plasma systems, holmium lasers, and thulium lasers. This article presents a narrative review evaluating the performance of these three energy sources in surgery and provides a comparative analysis of their advantages and disadvantages.
Keywords: Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Enucleation of the prostate, Bipolarenucleation of prostate, Holmium laser enucleation of prostate, Thulium laserenucleation of prostate
Received: 17 Jul 2025; Accepted: 26 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yi, Zhang, Zou, Zou, Zhu and Zhu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Guoxi Zhang, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China
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