Risk factors for perioperative complications in transurethral prostate resection in patients at a Colombian institution.

Objective: Determining the complications rate and the risk factors associated with early operative and postoperative complications with a bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate at a complex care institution in Colombia.

Materials And Methods: A mixed cohort study was conducted involving 340 patients diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia who were taken to bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate between 2012 and 2019. Data based on the baseline and perioperative characteristics were collected, and the rate of complications determined up to 30 postoperative days.