title: [Questionnaire survey of peri-operative management of radical prostatectomy for the educational institutions of Japanese urological association].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The perioperative management of radical prostatectomy in Japan has not been investigated previously. It would be significant to document present management practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire survey of 1,213 educational institutions of Japanese urological association was conducted by mail.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Questionnaires were returned from 722 (60%) institutions and responses indicated that radical prostatectomy was performed in 657 of these institutions (91%). Admission to hospital was most frequently scheduled on preoperative day 2; walking was most frequently planned to be initiated on postoperative day (POD) 1; beginning of food intake on POD 2; termination of continuous drip infusion and drain removal on POD 3, removal of the Foley catheter on POD 7; intravenous antibiotics for three days; oral antibiotics for 7 days; and discharge from hospital on POD 14. However, the duration of the indwelling drain and Foley catheter, antibiotic administration and hospitalization varied widely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was great variety in the perioperative management of radical prostatectomy among hospitals. We need to obtain consensus on 1) the timing of drain removal, 2) duration of antibiotics, and 3) the timing of catheter removal, in order to uniformly provide medical care of good quality in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology.
authors.forename: Kikuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamura
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: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kamihira
authors.forename: Mutsushi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakita
authors.forename: Tomoyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Yosikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nojiri
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents