title: Use of blood in transurethral prostatectomy--routine or selective cross-matching?
abstract: In our series of 700 transurethral resections of the prostate 464 patients (66%) received no blood transfusions, while 121 patients (17%) received two or more units of blood. A significant relationship was demonstrated between the size of the prostate and the estimated blood loss, as well as between the presence of a preoperative urethral catheter and the blood loss.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D011468:Prostatectomy; D014546:Urinary Catheterization