Combined urethral and suprapubic catheter drainage improves post operative management after open simple prostatectomy without bladder irrigation

Table 1 Demographic and clinic characteristics of groups 1 and 2 patients

Reps	Group 1 (mean ± SD)	Group 2 (mean ± SD)	P value
Patients (n)	42	42
Age (yr)	65.7 (± 7.6)	64.8 (± 6.8)	0.598
Prostate volume (mL)	85.6 (± 49.1)	89.3 (± 42.1)	0.715
PSA (ng/mL)	15.3 (± 15.0)	12.6 (± 15.3)	0.417
Duration of surgery (min)	102.9 (± 18.8)	100.7 (± 14.9)	0.555
Blood transfusion (pints)	0.4 (± 0.6)	0.6 (± 0.9)	0.277
Clot retention episodes	0.8 (± 1.5)	3.5 (± 4.4)	0
Clot retention episodes requiring bladder syringing	0.4 (± 0.9)	2.6 (± 3.8)	0.001
Requirement for extra analgaesic	0.4 (± 0.5)	4.0 (± 1.5)	0
Change in haemoglobin (g/dL)	1.9 (± 1.2)	2.1 (± 1.1)	0.408
Duration of admission (d)	8.6 (± 1.2)	7.3 (± 0.6)	0

PSA: Prostate specific antigen.