Usporedba učinaka transuretralne resekcije prostate i endoskopske laserske ablacije prostate na postoperativni imunološki status bolesnika s adenomom prostate Comparison between TURP and ELAP on postoperative immunological status in patients with BPH

摘要

In this investigation systemic effects of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) were compared to effects of endoscopic laser ablation of the prostate (ELAP) which represents one of the new methods in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of high-energy laser on acute-phase responses and on systemic immunological exhibitions as well as on analysis of laser effects relating to intensification of energy applied during the procedure. It was of great importance for the clinical praxis to find out which procedure would be more acceptable for patients concerning to their age and immunological parameters. We investigated 48 patients (aged 60-70 years) who were divided in two groups: first group of patients underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and the second group underwent endoscopic laser ablation of the prostate (ELAP). Laboratory consisted of haematology (SE rate, hematocrit, haemoglobin, erythrocyte count, thrombocite count, the percent and the count of leukocyte, neutrophiles, monocytes and lymphocytes), biochemical parameters (urea, creatinine, glucose, AST, ALT, GGT, ALP, CK, total protein and the protein fractions), endocrinologic parameters (T3, T4, TSH, cortisol, ACTH), and immunologic parameters. Relative and absolute count of CD19+ B-lymphocytes and the levels of IgA, IgG and IgM were analysed among a lot of components of peripheral blood humoral immune system while CRP and complement fractions (C3, C4) were analysed among components of the humoral non-specific immunity. Relative and absolute number of T-lymphocytes subpopulations and NK-cells were investigated related to cellular immunity as well as "in vitro" timidine functional test of peripheral blood monocytes proliferation related to mytogenics PHA, ConA and PWM. Blood samples were collected on day 0 (immediately before and after surgical procedure) and 1, 6 and 21 day postoperative day respectively. Our investigation found both procedures to cause local tissue damage and systemic reaction of organism referred to the injury. This was presented by changing some values of inflammatory, biochemical, endocrinological, hematological and immunological parameters in peripheral blood samples. Comparing postoperative parameters we found TURP to provoke more intensive acute-phase responses than ELAP during first 24 hours following surgery. These findings were especially related to increased C-reactive protein serum levels and to increasing of leukocyte, neutrophile and monocyte absolute number in peripheral blood. An increase of CK serum levels was found significant. It was similar in both procedures pointing at similarity in local tissue damage. At the same time significantly lower postoperative values of haemoglobine and hematocrite suggested TURP as a more aggressive procedure causing more local damage of tissue and blood vessels. According to immunological parameters both procedure were found to provoke almost equally decreasing of total serum protein level, C3 and C4 components of complement and IgG serum fractions. There were no changes in number of preoperative and postoperative lymphocyte-B. In opposite, the cell immunity demonstrated decreasing of lymphocyte number, lymphocyte-T number and especially in number of cytotoxic lymphocyte-T and NK in both procedures finally resulting in significant increase of CD4/CD8 relation especially in the ELAP group of patients. The consistent trend in reaction of lymphocytes on mytogenics was not found postoperatively in both group of patients by reason of relatively small number of patients and a wide dispersion of results. In general, postoperative PHA and PWM reactivity (in absolute numbers) did not show significant discrepancy in both groups while ConA postoperative reactivity showed an increasing trend. There were not found statistically significant differences between TURP and ELAP in most of biochemical, endocrinological, immunochemical and immunological parameters except in acute-phase responses reaction. That pointed in conclusion that high-energy laser treatment probably has neither pre-mature nor postponed significant immunomodulative effect on human organism characterizing itself as the minimal invasive treatment method. Moreover, there is no significant influence of magnified laser energy to haematological, endocrinologic and immunologic parameters postoperatively in patients who underwent ELAP.