A critical evaluation of the results of transurethral resection of the prostate.
In a review of 1057 consecutive prostatectomies of which 95% were performed transurethrally, carcinoma was present in 11.8%. There were 10 deaths within a month of operation (0.9%), 9 of these patients having been exceptionally old and unfit. The rate of complications and the end results appear to justify using transurethral resection as the method of choice for prostatectomy whenever it is feasible.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery