Efficacy and safety of different hemostatic drugs in transurethral resection of the prostate in elderly patients

Abstract

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of perioperative use of different hemostatic drugs in elderly patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Methods A total of 480 elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) admitted to the Departments of Urology and Gerontology of our hospital from January 2010 to October 2014 were selected and randomly divided into 6 groups (n=80, each). Patients in all groups were given preoperative oral finasteride for 1 week, with each of the non-control groups receiving perioperative heamocoagulase agkistrodon, mangabeys hemocoagulase, reptilase, ethylenediamine diaceturate, or dicynone+ paraaminomethyl benzoic acid (PAMBA). Intraoperative bleeding, perioperative hematocrit, hemoglobin change, continuous bladder irrigation time, adverse reactions and other clinical parameters were recorded. Results Operations went smoothly with all patients. Changes in perioperative blood routine indexes, coagulation function, intraoperative bleeding volume and continuous bladder irrigation time had significant differences between the control group and the groups treated with hemostatic drugs (all P 0.05). There were significant differences in the perioperative blood routine indexes, coagulation function, intraoperative bleeding volume and continuous bladder irrigation time between the groups with and without blood coagulation enzymes (all P<0.05). Fibrinolytic responses occurred in 2 patients in the heamocoagulase agkistrodon group and were mitigated after drug withdrawal and fibrinogen infusion. Conclusions A reasonable perioperative dose of a hemostatic drug has good clinical effects in elderly patients undergoing TURP. Hemostatic drugs such as blood coagulation enzymes have certain advantages including safety over other types of hemostatic drugs, but their doses should not be too large. Key words: Prostatic hyperplasia; Transurethral resection of prostate