title: [Questionnaire survey of peri-operative management of transurethral prostate resection in Japan].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated perioperative management for transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire survey was conducted in 1,213 educational institutions for urology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The questionnaires were returned from 722 (60%) institutions. Admission to hospital was most frequently scheduled on preoperative day 1; termination of continuous drip infusion, starting meal intake and walking on postoperative day 1; intravenous antibiotics for three days; removal of Foley catheter on postoperative day 4; oral antibiotics for 7 days; and discharge from hospital on postoperative day 7.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although hospitalization was 14 days or less at most institutions, several procedures, especially the administration of prophylactic antibiotics, were fairly varied. Discussions from various perspectives might be needed to standardize the perioperative management of TURP in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology.
authors.forename: Kikuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nojiri
authors.forename: Hidehisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Akito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terai
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Mineo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takei
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate