PROSTATECTOMY AT A DISTRICT GENERAL-HOSPITAL

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 61  (6) , 459-462
Abstract
The mortality and morbidity in 600 patients undergoing prostatectomy at a district general hospital are reviewed. Below the age of 70 yr the operative mortality was 1% compared with an overall mortality of 2.3%. Cardiorespiratory disease accounted for the majority of deaths. The increase of post-operative stay due to complications may be reduced by lowering the complication rate and, in the long term, reducing preexisting cardiorespiratory disease.