Risk factors, antibiotic prophylaxis, and treatment of urinary tract infection in transurethral surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Abstract

Discussion of risk factors for infectious complications in the general population of patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate, antibiotic prophylaxis and therapy has been going on for decades. Up to date, the problem of the manifestation of bacteriuria in clinical infectious processes at various periods, as well as the factors of the introduction of bacterial agents with their further subclinical circulation in the urinary and reproductive systems, seems to be little discussed. The insufficient knowledge of these issues is confirmed by a small number of studies covering mainly electrosurgical mono and bipolar technologies as the most common and studied over a long period of their existence. This review raises the problem of insufficient knowledge of the clinical structure of infections during transurethral surgery, assessment of their risk factors, antibiotic prophylaxis regimens and therapy.

Keywords

• benign prostatic hyperplasia
• transurethral surgery
• urinary tract infections
• complications
• bacteriuria