Korean J Urol.  1997 Jan;38(1):65-69.

Complications of Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor

• Kim HJ
• Lee KH
• Ahn HJ

Abstract

A clinical observation was made on the 236 patients who had undergone transurethral resection of bladder tumor(TUR) between Jan. 1990. and Feb. 1996. in the Department of Urology, Korea Cancer Center focusing on complications. The mean operating time was 59.0 minutes(n=400). The most common immediate complication was bleeding(1.8%), and the remainder was nonurologic fever(0.8%). The delayed complication was urethral stricture(1.0%) requiting visual urethrotomy. The immediate postoperative morbidity was 2.5% and risk factors for immediate morbidity after TUR were operating time longer than 60 minutes and tumor, invading the muscle or more deeply(p<0.05, by Chi-square test). The delayed morbidity was 1. 0% and the only risk factor for delayed morbidity after TUR was the number of ~IJR more than 2(p<0.05, by Chi-square test). Careful attention to surgical details and indications is needed to reduce the amount and significance of the postoperative morbidity.

Keyword

Transurethral resection; Bladder tumor; Complication

MeSH Terms

Humans
Korea
Risk Factors
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms*
Urinary Bladder*
Urology