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[Hemostasis in transvesical prostatectomy with a modified U-shaped needle]
In transvesical prostatectomy haemostasis was achieved by the application of a modified U-shaped needle. The method was applied in 34 patients. It is suggested that the method can advantageously be applied when bleeding starts not from the loge-edge, but from the stump of the urethra or from the base of the loge. The bladder was closed by introduction of a balloon catheter and an epicystomic drain. Though the new method ensures additional advantages, it does not solve all the problems arising in connection with prostatectomies.
In transvesical prostatectomy haemostasis was achieved by the application of a modified U-shaped needle. The method was applied in 34 patients. It is suggested that the method can advantageously be applied when bleeding starts not from the loge-edge, but from the stump of the urethra or from the base of the loge. The bladder was closed by introduction of a balloon catheter and an epicystomic drain. Though the new method ensures additional advantages, it does not solve all the problems arising in connection with prostatectomies.