Korean J Urogenit Tract Infect Inflamm.  2013 Apr;8(1):27-31. 10.14777/kjutii.2013.8.1.27.

Risk Factors of Infectious Complications after Transurethral Prostate Surgery in Patients with Preoperative Sterile Urine

• Hwang EC
• Yu SH
• Kim JB
• Jung SI
• Kang TW
• Kwon DD
• Park K

• KMID: 2289249
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14777/kjutii.2013.8.1.27

Abstract

PURPOSE
To determine the risk factors of infectious complications after transurethral surgery of the prostate in patients with sterile urine.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A total of 183 patients who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate or holmium laser enucleation of the prostate were reviewed. All patients had urinalyses and urine cultures preoperatively, on the day of catheter removal, and at two weeks postoperatively. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether preoperative urinalysis showed sterile urine (group I, n=99) or not (group II, n=84). Clinical parameters were compared between the two groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used for estimation of infectious complications after surgery in group I.
RESULTS
Compared with group II, group I showed younger age, fewer post voided residuals, low prostate specific antigen levels, short-term duration of oral antibiotic therapy, and low incidence of infectious complications (p<0.05). In univariate analysis in group I, age, diabetes mellitus (DM), prostate volume, resection weight, and duration of oral antibiotic therapy showed an association with infectious complications (p<0.05). Factors showing independent association with infectious complications in group I were DM (odds ratio [OR], 7.31; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.83-29.0; p=0.005), resection weight (OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.06; p=0.039), and duration of oral antibiotics (OR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.43-0.94; p=0.025).
CONCLUSIONS
Kinds of antibiotics showed no effect on infectious complication, therefore, second generation cephalosporin is recommended for reduction of antibiotic resistance. Clinicians should be aware of the high risk for infectious complication in patients with DM and who underwent large volume resection of the prostate.

Keyword

Urinary tract Infections; Transurethral resection of prostate; Risk factors

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Catheters
Diabetes Mellitus
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Incidence
Lasers, Solid-State
Logistic Models
Methods
Prostate*
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Risk Factors*
Transurethral Resection of Prostate
Urinalysis
Urinary Tract Infections
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Prostate-Specific Antigen

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