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Use of blood in transurethral prostatectomy--routine or selective cross-matching?
J E Faber1, M Hansen, H G Genster
1Department of Surgery K, Sønderborg Hospital, Denmark.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. Supplementum
|January 1, 1987
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.