The Health and Cost Implications of Routine Excretory Urography Before Transurethral Prostatectomy
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 123 (3) , 386-389
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)55947-9
Abstract
Critical review of 601 patients who had undergone transurethral resection of the prostate showed that the routine use of excretory urography is not indicated. In the vast majority of patients with only obstructive symptoms or acute urinary retention, excretory urography is an expensive test, with an extremely low incidence of useful information. Its selective use is indicated in cases in which hematuria or a history of renal disease coexists with obstructive symptoms.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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