title: The haemostatic effect of purse-string suture in transvesical prostatectomy: a controlled clinical trial.
abstract: In a series of 64 consecutive cases of transvesical prostatectomies it is shown that the use of a purse-string suture at the bladder neck significantly reduces the postoperative blood loss. A follow-up 3 months after operation has shown that the suture did not increase the number of either bladder neck stenoses, urinary incontinences, urinary infections or secondary lithiases.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques