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Jo, Kim, Bang, Oh, Cho, and Shim: Effect of Diabetes Mellitus on Symptomatic Improvement After Surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptom and its Relations With Prostatic Urethral Angulation

ABSTRACT

Purpose

To compare improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP).

Methods

The medical records of 437 patients who underwent TURP or HoLEP at a tertiary referral center from January 2006 to January 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 71 patients had type 2 diabetes. Patients in the diabetic mellitus (DM) and non-DM groups were matched 1:1 according to age, baseline International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), and ultrasound measured prostate volume. Changes in LUTS were assessed at 3 months after surgery using IPSS and evaluated by categorizing patients according to prostatic urethral angulation (PUA; <50° vs. ≥50°). Medication-free survival after surgery was also investigated.

Results

No significant differences were noted between the DM and non-DM groups in baseline characteristics except for comorbidities (i.e., hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, and ischemic heart disease, P=0.021, P=0.002, and P=0.017, respectively) and postvoid residual urine volume (115±98 mL vs. 76±105 mL, P=0.028). Non-DM patients showed significant symptomatic improvement regardless of PUA, while DM patients demonstrated improvement in obstructive symptoms only in those with large PUA (≥51°). Among patients with small PUA, DM patients had worse medication-free survival after surgery compared to controls (P=0.044) and DM was an independent predictor of medication reuse (hazard ratio, 1.422; 95% confidence interval, 1.285–2.373; P=0.038).

Conclusions

DM patients experienced symptomatic improvement after surgery only in those with large PUA. Among patients with small PUA, DM patients were more likely to reuse medication after surgery.

INTRODUCTION

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common condition in aging men. An estimated 50%–70% may have histologic evidence of this disease by the age of 50–80 years and approximately half of them manifest significant lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) [1]. The prevalence of BPH is expected to increase rapidly in the United States [2] and other parts of the developed world, including western Europe and northeast Asia, due to aging populations, making the management of BPH a great public health concern [3]. Meanwhile, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is another great health challenge that is just as common as BPH in the elderly population and its negative impact on bladder function is well known [4]. Because both BPH and diabetes are prevalent in the aging male, the management of this patient group with concomitant BPH and diabetes has become an important issue in recent years.
The effect of diabetes on LUTS is well understood. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy exacerbates urinary bladder contractions, which cause worsening of urinary symptoms, such as urine hesitancy, urgency, and recurrent urinary infections [5]. Specifically, bladder dysfunction related to diabetes is associated with anatomical/functional alteration of urothelium, the detrusor muscle, and innervation of the urinary bladder [6]. Accordingly, a previous study showed that, after adjusting for age, men with diabetes were 1.42 times more likely to report moderate to severe LUTS and showed a significantly lower maximum urinary flow rate than nondiabetic men [7,8]. Therefore, it is quite possible that diabetes may be an etiology of BPH or at least it may be related to the process and complications of BPH [9].
In the management of BPH, medical therapy such as treatment with alpha blockers, is the most common first-line treatment and it has acceptable efficacy, safety, and outstanding tolerance [10]. However, patients with a poor response to medical therapy may require surgical intervention, such as transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) [11,12]. Although the association between BPH/LUTS and diabetes has been vigorously discussed in the literature, very few studies have focused on the effect of diabetes on outcomes after surgery for BPH. Therefore, in this study, we compared the treatment outcomes of diabetic patients undergoing surgical intervention for treatment of BPH with treatment outcomes of nondiabetic counterparts. Furthermore, as it is well known that prostatic urethral angulation (PUA) would affect surgical outcome which was also shown in our previous study [13], we investigated the influence of PUA on symptom improvement after surgery in patients with and without diabetes.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The medical records of 590 patients who underwent TURP or HoLEP from January 2006 to January 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with conditions that could affect voiding function or symptoms such as prostate or bladder cancer, uncontrolled DM (fasting plasma glucose >250 mg/dL, consecutive random plasma glucose >300 mg/dL, or HbA1c >10%), neurologic diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, current urinary tract infection, bladder stones, urethral stricture, history of lower urinary tract surgery or pelvic irradiation, or incomplete medical records were excluded. A total of 437 patients were finally included in the analysis. The baseline parameters of the patients prior to surgery were recorded and included in the analysis, which were age, serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, comorbidities, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), maximal uroflow rate (Qmax), postvoid residual urine volume measured by diagnostic ultrasound, prostate volume measured by transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS), and urologic medication history (α-blocker, antimuscarinic, and bethanechol chloride).
The severity of LUTS was assessed with IPSS, and the total score (IPSS-t) and separated scores, such as voiding symptom (IPSS-vs), storage symptom (IPSS-ss), and quality of life (IPSSQoL) subscores, were recored. We applied methodologies previously described to assess other parameters associated with voiding symptoms or functions, including uroflowmetry, prostate volume, and PUA [13]. PUA was specifically determined by measuring the angle formed by 2 rays of the proximal and distal prostatic urethra on midsagittal plane, obtained using TRUS. A bipolar TURP was performed conventionally with saline irrigation in all cases using a bipolar current generator and wire loop (Gyrus Medical GMBH, Tuttligen, Germany) with a 24F resectoscope (Karl Storz Endoscope, Tuttlingen, Germany). The cutting and coagulation powers were within 160 W and 80 W, respectively. A 20F 3-way silicone urethral catheter was placed in all patients postoperatively to maintain saline irrigation until hematuria resolved. A 26F continuous flow resectoscope and a laser-fiber stabilizing bridge, a 100 W holmium laser (VersaPulse, Lumenis Ltd., Yokneam, Israel) with a 550-μm fiber (SlimLine, Lumenis Ltd.) was used for HoLEP. Power settings were 80 W for cutting and 40 W for coagulation. A 26F nephroscope and a tissue morcellator (VersaCut, Lumenis Co.) were used to remove tissue after enucleation.
The primary goal of this study was to assess effect of DM on surgical outcome which was assessed by IPSS and therefore patients eligible for analysis were classified into 2 groups, i.e., non-DM and DM groups. For comparison, propensity scores were calculated for each subject using logistic regression based on the patients’ age, preoperative IPSS, and prostate volume measured by TRUS to adjust for imbalances in preoperative characteristics that may affect surgical outcomes. Patients in the 2 groups were matched with a 1:1 ratio based on propensity scores. The distribution of the demographic characteristics and preoperative variables between the groups were compared with an independent t-test for continuous variables and a chi-square test for categorical variables. Impact of PUA on the changes in LUTS before and after surgery were evaluated by subcategorizing patients according to PUA (<51° vs. ≥51°) followed by IPSS assessment, which was measured before and at 3 months after surgery. Finally, the medication-free survival rate defined as discontinuation of BPH-related medication including α-blocker, 5α reductase inhibitors, and/or antimuscarinics after surgery was estimated with Kaplan-Meier analysis and the non-DM and DM groups were compared using a log-rank test. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted using Cox proportional hazard models to identify independent predictive variables of medication-free survival. All tests were 2-sided, and P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 22.0 (IBM Co., Armonk, NY, USA) was used to conduct the statistical analyses.

RESULTS

Patient Characteristics

There were 366 (83.8%) and 71 patients (16.2%) in the non-DM and DM groups, respectively, who received either TURP (279, 76.2%) or HoLEP (158, 43.2%). Patients in both groups were matched 1:1 according to age, baseline IPSS, and the ultrasound prostate volume; 71 patients were in each group. Baseline characteristics that showed significant differences between the groups before matching including the serum PSA level, prostate volume, and urologic medications such as α-blockers, demonstrated no significant differences after matching (Table 1). The proportion of patients with comorbidities associated with the circulatory system (e.g., hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, and ischemic heart disease) and postvoid residual urine volume (76±105 vs. 115±98, P=0.028, non-DM vs. DM group, respectively) remained, which showed significant differences after matching. There were no significant differences in baseline IPSS both before and after matching.

IPSS Changes According to PUA in Non-DM and DM Patients

The analysis on the total patients showed that all domains in IPSS including IPSS-t, IPSS-vs, and IPSS-ss demonstrated significant improvements (-8.2, -5.8, and -3.1, respectively, all P<0.05) in non-DM patients. In DM patients, IPSS-t and IPSS-vs showed significant improvements (-2.7 and -2.9, respectively, all P<0.05) (Fig. 1A). Similarly in patients with large PUA (≥51°), IPSS-t, IPSS-vs, and IPSS-ss all showed significant improvements as a whole (-11.2, -5.4, and -3.2, respectively, all P<0.05) in non-DM patients. In addition, IPSS-t and IPSS-vs improved significantly (-4.6 and -5.5, respectively, all P<0.05) in DM patients (Fig. 1B). IPSS-QoL did show improvement in non-DM patients, although it was not statistically significant. However, in patients with small PUA (<51°), IPSS-t, IPSS-vs, and IPSS-ss all demonstrated significant improvements at 3 months after surgery (-6.8, -5.1, and -2.9, respectively, all P<0.05) in non-DM patients, while there were no significant improvements in all 3 domains of IPSS in DM patients (Fig. 1C).

Medication-Free Survival According to Diabetes Status Stratified by PUA

Since the optimal outcome of BPH surgery is considered to be cessation of urologic drugs after surgery, the medication-free survival rates were compared between the non-DM and DM patient groups during the mean follow-up time of 5.7 and 5.1 years, respectively. The results indicated that, although there was a tendency towards worse medication-free survival of DM patients compared to those of non-DM patients, it was not statistically significant in patients with large PUA (≥51°) (log-rank test, P=0.065) (Fig. 2A). Contrarily, an analysis of the patients with small PUA (<51°) demonstrated a significant worse medication-free survival in DM patients when compared with their counterparts (log-rank test, P=0.044) (Fig. 2B). A multivariate analysis of the patients with small PUA showed that DM was an independent predictor of medication reuse (hazard ratio, 1.422; 95% confidence interval, 1.285–2.373; P=0.038) (Table 2), along with age, preoperative IPSS, and prostate volume (P=0.012, P=0.011, and P<0.001, respectively) (Table 2). Unlike DM, other comorbidities including cerebrovascular disease failed to predict medication reuse in such patient group.

DISCUSSION

Researchers have suggested a possible link between diabetes and BPH/LUTS for the last 2 decades and multiple disparate and interrelated mechanisms were considered [14]. Accordingly, diabetes-induced insulin resistance and consequent hyperinsulinemia may increase sympathetic nerve activity and eventually lead to increases in the prostate smooth muscle tone and bladder outlet obstruction [15]. Furthermore, both hyperinsulinemia with dysregulation of the insulin-like growth factor and the proinflammatory effect of hyperglycemia associated with diabetes can also induce overgrowth of prostatic tissue, therefore aggravating BPH/LUTS [16,17]. Indeed, several studies have demonstrated an association of BPH/LUTS with diabetesrelated hyperglycemia and insulin resistance [7,8,18].
BPH surgery, such as TURP or HoLEP, may be considered if LUTS do not improve despite adequate medication or if the patients are not willing to receive continuous, regular medication. However, previous studies have indicated that detrusor underactivity before surgery, which can often be found in DM patients, are associated with inferior surgical results [19]. Therefore, it is reasonable to anticipate that DM patients’ LUTS would be relieved slower, especially storage symptoms after surgery compared to their non-DM counterparts. Nevertheless, very few studies have focused on the impact of diabetes on surgical outcomes in BPH patients. One Taiwanese study using a large cohort database of 4,887 patients who underwent TURP showed that patients with DM had higher rates of urinary retention requiring catheterization within one month after surgery and required higher rates of continuing medication at 3 months postoperatively [20]. Although these results have significance suggesting a correlation between diabetes and surgical outcomes, it seems insufficient for practical use because there is a lack of information on the association between DM and surgical outcomes under specific circumstances, including prostate volume and prostatic anatomy, such as PUA. Also, previous studies did not provide information on specific changes in LUTS (e.g., voiding and storage symptoms) after surgery in patients with or without diabetes.
In our study, surgical outcomes of BPH surgery (TURP or HoLEP) were specifically focused on patients with DM compared to non-DM counterparts and it was expressed with changes in IPSS. In addition, other factors that could possibly influence the results were investigated further. Our results revealed some differences in the characteristics between the patient groups that underwent BPH surgery and that DM patients have a higher incidence of diseases associated with the circulatory system (hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, and ischemic heart disease) and larger prostate volume and PUA. There was no significant difference regarding age at surgery and overall baseline IPSS between the 2 groups. In order to precisely analyze the effect of DM on surgical outcomes, we conducted propensity score matching for factors that could affect urinary tract symptoms such as age, preoperative IPSS, and prostate volume to control possible confounding effects.
Analysis of IPSS changes after surgery revealed that patients with small PUA and DM did not benefit significantly from the surgery whereas DM patients with large PUA demonstrated significant improvements regarding IPSS-t and IPSS-vs, although IPSS-ss did not show improvements. These findings are consistent with previous studies that have considered the association of diabetes with the idea that long-standing hyperglycemia might lead to worsening of storage symptoms through sympathetic nervous system stimulation, and diabetes patients can also be characterized by impaired bladder sensations and decreased contractility of the bladder [21]. In the same context, our results indicated that, although DM patients with large PUA can achieve overall symptom improvements unlike those with small PUA, storage symptoms would remain unimproved after surgery. In addition, our current findings not only suggest a link between DM and surgical outcomes in BPH patients, they also imply an effect of PUA on surgical outcomes of patients who have both DM and BPH/LUTS. Kaplan-Meier plots further confirmed implications of PUA in that DM patients showed poorer medication-free survival compared to non-DM patients only among those with small PUA. These findings imply that DM may not influence the surgical outcome in patients with large PUA, probably because these patients might significantly benefit from BPH surgery regardless of their DM status. However, on the other hands, it is assumed that the negative effect of DM on the surgical outcome may be relatively greater in patients with small PUA compared to those with large PUA.
An association between PUA and LUTS has already been reported in several previous studies that showed a large PUA indicated aggravated bladder outlet obstruction. According to our previous results, better outcomes after surgery were associated with greater PUA in patients with a relatively small prostate (<50 mL), suggesting that the importance PUA on the outcome may be even greater in patients with a small prostate [13]. Referring to those previous studies and our current results regarding diabetes and PUA, it is expected that both PUA and diabetic status can affect the surgical outcome, and therefore considering PUA in the decision-making process in diabetic patients may lead to optimal results.
This study has some limitations, which include the retrospective nature of the analysis and lack of personal information, such as alcohol/caffeine consumption, cigarette use, and exercise, that may influence urinary tract symptoms. More importantly, HgA1c, the duration of DM, and objective parameters such as Qmax and postvoid residual urine volume after surgery was not taken into consideration due to incompleteness of the medical records. Objective parameters such was not included in the analysis. In addition, by not including the urodynamic study results, it was impossible to completely rule out the possibility that neurogenic bladder patients were included in the study. However, we tried to avoid this by checking the residual urine result of uroflowmetry, performing matching for IPSS, and excluding patients with uncontrolled DM. Nevertheless, in this study, the effect of diabetes on the surgical outcome was quantitatively analyzed using IPSS and considering the volume and morphology of the prostate, which can also affect the surgical outcome. Therefore, it is expected that novel and efficient guidelines can be developed for decision making in the treatment of BPH on the basis of the current study. In conclusion, patients with diabetes may present with unsatisfactory symptom improvement. However, among patients with large PUA, even patients with diabetes may expect improvement in their symptoms after surgery. In addition, patients with diabetes and small PUA are more likely to continue BPH-related medications after surgery than their non-DM counterparts.

NOTES

Grant/Fund Support
This research was supported by Hallym University Research Fund 2020 (HURF-2021-41).
Research Ethics
This study was undertaken with the approval by the institutional review board of Hallym University Hospital (approval number, 2022-02-015).
Conflict of Interest
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT
• Conceptualization: JKJ, MS
• Data curation: JKJ, HK, WJB, CYO, JSC, MS
• Formal analysis: JKJ, MS
• Funding acquisition: MS
• Methodology: JKJ, MS
• Project administration: HK, WJB, CYO, JSC, MS
• Visualization: HK, JSC, MS
• Writing - original draft: JKJ
• Writing - review & editing: MS

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Fig. 1.
Mean (±standard error) values of the International Prostate Symptom Scores (IPSS) from baseline to 3 months after surgery (non-DM vs. DM patients), stratified by prostatic urethral angulation (PUA). Total (A), PUA ≥51° (B), and PUA <51° (C). DM, diabetes mellitus.
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Fig. 2.
Medication-free survival in patients with PUA ≥51° (A) and PUA <51° (B), as estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. PUA, prostatic urethral angulation; DM, diabetes mellitus.
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Table 1.
Patient characteristics in the non-DM and DM groups before and after matching
Characteristic Non-DM
DM (n=71) P-value
Unmatched (n=366) Matched (n=71) Unmatched Matched
Age (yr)a) 67.6 ± 10.8 67.4 ± 11.5 67.2 ± 10.6 0.875 0.987
Serum PSA level (ng/mL) 1.6 ± 1.4 2.5 ± 1.6 2.8 ± 1.8 0.015* 0.096
Fasting blood glucose level (mg/dL) 87.6 ± 10.2 92.3 ± 19.1 109 ± 38.1 0.008* 0.034*
Comorbidity
Hypertension 146 (39.9) 30 (42.3) 48 (67.6) 0.018* 0.021*
Cerebrovascular disease 32 (8.7) 13 (18.3) 14 (19.7) < 0.001* 0.322
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 40 (10.9) 11 (15.5) 10 (14.1) 0.348 0.594
Ischemic heart disease 46 (12.6) 12 (16.9) 13 (18.3) 0.036* 0.217
IPSS, baselinea)
Total 16.8 ± 8.7 17.9 ± 5.6 18.3 ± 6.3 0.098 0.542
Voiding symptoms 9.5 ± 6.7 10.3 ± 5.9 10.5 ± 5.2 0.131 0.976
Storage symptoms 4.3 ± 3.7 5.2 ± 4.1 5.3 ± 4.6 0.063 0.873
Quality of life 3.5 ± 2.2 3.8 ± 3.6 3.9 ± 3.1 0.782 0.985
Uroflowmetry, baseline
Maximum flow rate (mL/sec) 14.8 ± 4.2 13.2 ± 6.3 12.8 ± 5.9 0.097 0.195
Voided volume (mL) 225 ± 124 228 ± 158 231 ± 167 0.798 0.875
Postvoid residual urine volume (mL) 68 ± 53 76 ± 105 115 ± 98 0.007* 0.028*
Transrectal ultrasonography
TPV (mL)a) 52.5 ± 35.4 63.8 ± 31.5 65.4 ± 33.8 0.008* 0.154
TZV (mL) 23.2 ± 15.7 31.3 ± 17.4 32.9 ± 21.1 0.013* 0.325
PUA (°) 45.6 ± 6.8 52.7 ± 7.8 53.2 ± 7.1 0.045* 0.584
Medication within 3 months
α-blockers 285 (77.9) 57 (80.3) 58 (81.7) 0.039* 0.575
Antimuscarinics 47 (12.8) 10 (14.1) 13 (18.3) 0.072 0.267
Bethanechol 41 (11.2) 10 (14.1) 11 (15.5) 0.028* 0.796
Surgery 0.486 0.752
TURP 236 (64.5) 45 (63.4) 43 (60.6)
HoLEP 130 (35.5) 26 (36.6) 28 (39.4)

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).

DM, diabetes mellitus; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; IPSS, international prostate symptom score; TPV, total prostate volume; TZV, transitional zone volume; PUA, prostatic urethral angle; TURP, transurethral resection of prostate; HoLEP, holmium laser enucleation of prostate.

a) Matched variable.

* P<0.05, statistically significant differences.

Table 2.
Cox proportional hazard model for predictors of medication reuse in patients with prostatic urethral angle <51°
Variable Univariate
Multivariate
HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value
Age 1.092 (1.003–1.121) < 0.001* 1.121 (1.008–1.228) 0.010*
Preoperative serum PSA level 1.952 (0.358–3.255) 0.195 1.842 (0.631–2.757) 0.261
Comorbidity
Hypertension 1.827 (0.524–3.156) 0.652 1.751 (0.423–3.237) 0.753
Cerebrovascular disease 2.286 (0.908–3.523) 0.359 1.871 (0.909–3.691) 0.431
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.268 (0.857–3.084) 0.291 1.321 (0.798–3.992) 0.311
Ischemic heart disease 2.521 (0.528–5.131) 0.314 3.131 (0.621–5.218) 0.378
Diabetes mellitus 1.538 (1.326–2.437) 0.031* 1.426 (1.289–2.361) 0.035*
Preoperative IPSS (19 or less vs. 20 or higher) 0.652 (0.402–0.983) 0.009* 0.774 (0.502–0.991) 0.012*
Maximum flow rate in uroflowmetry (13 mL/sec or less vs. higher than 13 mL/sec) 3.082 (1.428–3.982) 0.025 3.009 (1.000–3.282) 0.053
Postvoid residual urine volume 1.358 (0.982–1.608) 0.824 1.321 (0.895–1.619) 0.915
Prostate volume (less than 55 mL vs. 55 mL or higher) 4.872 (3.721–6.623) < 0.001* 4.491 (3.632–6.781) < 0.001*

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; IPSS, international prostate symptom score.

* P<0.05, statistically significant differences.

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