To compare the prostate removal speeds of 3 enucleation techniques and to evaluate how the operating times change depending on the prostate volume.
Medical records of patients with 80-g or larger prostates who underwent holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), laparoscopic simple prostatectomy (LSP), or open prostatectomy (OP) due to medical treatment-resistant benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were reviewed retrospectively.