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Suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy in a rural Kenyan hospital
Objective:
To evaluate the effectiveness, safety and complications of suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy in a rural Kenyan hospital.
Design:
A prospective audit of suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy.
Setting:
Africa Inland Church, Kijabe Hospital, Kijabe, Kenya.
Subjects:
One hundred and six men with lower urinary tract obstruction, clinically due to benign prostatic hyperplasia, undergoing suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy.
Interventions:
Suprapubic prostatectomy.
Main Outcome Measures:
Age, presentation, comorbidity, type of anaesthesia, pathology, bladder irrigation time, Foley time, post-operative stay, complications-mortality, blood transfusion rate, return to theatre for bleeding, incontinence, urine leak, urinary retention.
Results:
One hundred and six men entered the study with a mean age of 72.8 years. Seventy eight per cent were in retention and 25% had significant medical problems. Spinal anaesthesia was used in 94%. The mean prostate weight was 70.4 g and 11% had carcinoma. The Foley's catheter was removed at a mean of 4.2 days after surgery and the mean post-operative stay was 6.0 days. The 30 day mortality was 0.9%, the blood transfusion rate was 4.7%, the return to theatre for bleeding rate was 0.9% and 4.7% of patients developed a urine leak.
Conclusion:
Suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy, performed under spinal anaesthetic, by general surgeons in rural Kenya, is a safe and effective way of managing benign prostatic hyperplasia and its complications.
