Monitoring of body weight during transurethral resection of the prostate: preliminary report.
The fear of vascular overload by irrigant during transurethral resection of the prostate is a reason for an incomplete resection. With continuous measurement of the patient's body weight and, thus, body water, irrigant entrance is immediately identified. We present a scale of proved accuracy and reliability, allowing more effective resection while eliminating the possibility of TUR syndrome.
Lyon
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Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.
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Thomas
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Narayan
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D001835:Body Weight; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D011468:Prostatectomy; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000009:adverse effects