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Transurethral Resection Syndrome After Bladder Perforation

Ihab Dorotta, MD^*, Ayman Basali, MD^*, Michael Ritchey, MD^*, Jerome F. O’Hara, Jr., MD^*, and Juraj Sprung, MD PhD

Departments of Anesthesiology, *Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Address correspondence to Juraj Sprung, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905. Address e-mail to sprung.juraj{at}mayo.edu

IMPLICATIONS: Transurethral bladder tumor resection may be complicated by bladder perforation with intraabdominal extravasation of irrigant. This complication ("TURBT syndrome") may be associated with water and electrolyte disturbance, which differs from that associated with "TURP syndrome."

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