Cluster Analysis Assessment in Proposing a Surgical Technique for Benign Prostatic Enlargement

Benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) is a common disease in men over 50 years old. The phenotype of patients with BPE is heterogenous, regarding both baseline patient characteristics and disease-related parameters. Treatment can be either medical-conservative or surgical. A great variety of surgical t...

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Main Authors: Anastasiou, A. (Author), Bellos, T. (Author), Berdempes, M. (Author), Feretzakis, G. (Author), Kalles, D. (Author), Katsimperis, S. (Author), Kofopoulou, S. (Author), Koutsouris, D. (Author), Manolitsis, I. (Author), Skolarikos, A. (Author), Tzelves, L. (Author), Varkarakis, I. (Author), Verykios, V.S (Author)
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Language:English
Published: NLM (Medline) 2022
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520 3 |a Benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) is a common disease in men over 50 years old. The phenotype of patients with BPE is heterogenous, regarding both baseline patient characteristics and disease-related parameters. Treatment can be either medical-conservative or surgical. A great variety of surgical techniques are available for surgical management, with three of the most common being monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (mTUR-P), bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate (bTUR-P), and bipolar transurethral vaporization of the prostate (bTUVis). The selection of each one of these depends on surgeon reasoning, equipment availability, patient characteristics, and preferences. Since all of these techniques are available in our Urology Department, and surgeons are skilled to perform each one of them, we performed a clustering analysis according to patient pre-operative characteristics, using the k-means algorithm, to compare clustering-related technique assignment with the real-life technique used. 
650 0 4 |a artificial intelligence 
650 0 4 |a Benign prostatic enlargement 
650 0 4 |a clustering analysis 
650 0 4 |a transurethral prostate resection 
700 1 |a Anastasiou, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Bellos, T.  |e author 
700 1 |a Berdempes, M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Feretzakis, G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Kalles, D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Katsimperis, S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Kofopoulou, S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Koutsouris, D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Manolitsis, I.  |e author 
700 1 |a Skolarikos, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Tzelves, L.  |e author 
700 1 |a Varkarakis, I.  |e author 
700 1 |a Verykios, V.S.  |e author 
773 |t Studies in health technology and informatics