Table 3.
The incidence of bacteriuria in relation to intraoperative variables of patients after TURP.
| Intraoperative variable | Preoperative bacteriuria |
Independent t-test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | t | P | ||||
| Surgeon experience, years | Mean (SD) | 22.94 (8.09) | 20.56 (6.34) | −1.44 | 0.311 | ||
| Range | 15–39 | 15–37 | |||||
| Surgeon number of previous TURPs | Mean (SD) | 37.94 (8.09) | 35.56 (6.34) | −1.44 | 0.311 | ||
| Range | 30–54 | 30–52 | |||||
| Duration of activation of CIDEX, days | Mean (SD) | 6.13 (3.13) | 5.68 (2.61) | −1.04 | 0.512 | ||
| Range | 1–13 | 1–12 | |||||
| Volume of irrigating fluid, L | Mean (SD) | 17.88 (2.83) | 18.72 (3.64) | 1.30 | 0.198 | ||
| Range | 13–25 | 14–26 | |||||
| Size of sheath, F | 24, n (%) | 18 | (90.0) | 2 | (10.0) | 7.34 | 0.006* HS |
| 26, n (%) | 46 | (57.5) | 34 | (42.5) | |||
| Coagulation power, W | Mean (SD) | 77.50 (11.55) | 74.22 (7.31) | −1.54 | 0.128 | ||
| Range | 60–100 | 60–90 | |||||
| Cutting power, W | Mean (SD) | 101.88 (11.11) | 100.56 (8.60) | −0.62 | 0.539 | ||
| Range | 90–150 | 90–150 | |||||
| Duration of operation, min | <60, n (%) | 20 (63.6) | 2 (36.4) | 8.86 | 0.002* HS | ||
| >60, n (%) | 44 (64.1) | 34 (35.9) | |||||
HS, highly significant.
*
Chi-squared test.