Abstract
Objective: In our study, it was investigated whether the anesthesia method applied to patients with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hypertrophy and who will undergo transurethral resection of the prostate has effects on postoperative quality of life.
 
 Method: A total of 60 patients scheduled for TUR-P were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups as those receiving spinal anesthesia and those receiving general anesthesia. We recorded demographic data and preoperative and perioperative parameters. We evaluated the postoperative quality of life and satisfaction of the patients using the Short Form-36 scale.
 
 Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of demographic data and hemodynamic changes. There was a higher rate of patients who consumed alcohol and smoked in the general anesthesia group (p0.05). The preoperative and postoperative SF-36 subdomain scores were compared within the spinal anesthesia group, there was a statistically significant difference in all parameters (p
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