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RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY USING A NO‐CATHETER TECHNIQUE
Author(s) -
DEBENHAM L. S.,
WARD A. E.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1960.tb03760.x
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , urination , surgery , prostatectomy , sterility , indwelling catheter , general anaesthesia , anesthesia , urology , urinary system , prostate , cancer , biology , genetics
SUMMARY Eighty‐one cases of prostatectomy (approximately 78 per cent, of a consecutive series) were sent back to the ward from the theatre without an indwelling catheter, and normal micturition followed in all but seven of these cases. None required blood transfusions either pre‐operatively or post‐operatively. Of twenty‐two elective cases with a previously sterile urine eighteen maintained sterility. Hypotensive anaesthesia facilitated the surgical technique by providing a relatively bloodless operative field with no apparent added risk to the patient.