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Should Patients be Shaved Prior to Transurethral Surgery?
Author(s) -
FRASER IAN,
MACPHERSON SYMON,
PANAGAKIS ANGELOS
Publication year - 1978
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.1978.tb03037.x
Subject(s) - medicine , argument (complex analysis) , surgery , urinary system , urology
Summary— In a prospective randomised trial no significant difference in urinary infection was found when routine pubic shaving prior to transurethral surgery was compared with no public shave. An argument based on financial and asethetic consideration is presented to support the abolition of this traditional policy.