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This prospective and randomized study compared the consequences of two irrigating fluids, distilled water and glycine for transurethral prostatectomy. Forty-nine consecutive unselected patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate with spinal anaesthesia were investigated. The irrigating fluid was either distilled water (group A, 24 patients) or glycine 1.5 per cent (group B, 25 patients). The absorption of irrigating fluid was measured, all surgical events and any clinical signs of TURP syndrome during and after surgery were recorded. Early signs of TURP syndrome were observed in one patient in group A and in four in group B without further consequence. From all the biological variables, only plasma protein concentration, haematocrit, free plasma haemoglobin and free bilirubin concentrations were found to have changed. Plasma protein concentration and haematocrit decreased significantly during and after surgery in the two groups. Free plasma haemoglobin increased significantly with time: a significantly higher concentration was observed in group A than group B. Free bilirubin concentration increased with time in the two groups and was statistically greater in group A. With the two irrigating fluids, we observed a significant amount of haemolysis and haemodilution without clinical consequences. A low irrigating fluid pressure, a short resection time, and the use of spinal anaesthesia seems to us to be essential. Close observation of patients following transurethral prostatectomy is needed but the choice of the irrigating fluid does not seem to be important.
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Cette étude prospective et randomisée a comparé les conséquences de deux liquides d’irrigation, l’eau distillée et le glycocolle au cours de la chirurgie prostatique par voie basse. Quarante-neuf patients consécutifs, non sélectionnés, bénéficiant d’une résection transuréthrale de prostate sous rachianesthésie, sont étudiés. Le liquide d’irrigation est soil l’eau distillée (groupe A, 24 patients), soit le glycocolle à 1.5 pour cent (groupe B, 25 patients). L’absorption des liquides d’irrigation, les incidents chirurgicaux et les signes cliniques du syndrome de réabsorption sont systématiquement notés. Des signes caractéristiques du syndrome de réabsorption sont observés dans un cas dans le groupe A et dans quatre cos dans le groupe B sans conséquence ultérieure. Seuls la protidémie, l’hématocrite, l’hémoglobine plasmatique libre et la bilirubine libre changent significativement. L’hémoglobine plasmatique libre augmente significativement dans les deux groupes, avec un taux plasmatique significativement plus élevé dans le groupe A. Avec les deux liquides d’irrigation, on observe une hémolyse et une hémodilution sans conséquence clinique. Un temps de résection court, un faible niveau de pression d’irrigation, l’utilisation de l’anesthésie rachidienne nous semblent trés importants. Une surveillance clinique et biologique attentive pendant et après la résection transuréthrale de prostate sont nécessaires; en revanche, le choix du liquide d’irrigation ne semble pas l’élément essentiel.
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Beal, J.L., Freysz, M., Berthelon, G. et al. Consequences of fluid absorption during transurethral resection of the prostate using distilled water or glycine 1.5 per cent. Can J Anaesth 36, 278–282 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03010765
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