Effective drainage of the bladder after transvesical prostatectomy.
The series presented consisted of 94 patients who underwent transvesical prostatectomy and whose bladders were drained by using a cystostomy tube (silastic) with an 8 mm lumen, in addition to a urethral catheter. Retention by blood clot was avoided. The wounds healed well, and no infection of the urinary tract occurred. The mean period of postoperative hospitalization was 9.5 days.
D004322:Drainage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014945:Wound Healing