Risk factors in prostatectomy bleeding: preoperative urinary infection is the only reversible factor.

Objectives: To find out whether any of a preset battery of clinical and laboratory parameters has significant correlation with blood loss caused by transurethral prostatectomy (TURP).

Patients And Methods: All new patients undergoing a TURP over a 1-year period were included in the study. For each patient the following parameters were documented: (1) Pre-operatively: Age, mode of presentation, blood pressure, complete blood count, coagulation screening, calcification of abdominal blood vessels on plain X-ray, prostate size on digital rectal examination (DRE), pre-operative urine culture, presence of haematuria, ECG changes and drugs taken.