Hemoglobinemia Accompanying Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

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Abstract
THE removal of the prostate by the transurethral method, together with newer methods of preoperative and postoperative care of the patient by the use of fluid therapy and antibiotics, has increased the number of patients who may safely be subjected to prostatectomy. In spite of the present refinements, transurethral resection carries an appreciable — although low — mortality. One of the disturbing complications sometimes noted is a temporary oliguria or even anuria. A fatal case of renal failure following transurethral prostatectomy called attention to the possibility that intravascular hemolysis played a part in its causation. The following is a brief . . .