Case-Fatality of Hyperplasia of the Prostate in Two Teaching and Three Regional-Board Hospitals

Prostatectomy Trends in the Bristol Area

“…There was a rise in the annual number of prostatectomies performed in the mid-1970s which was not continued (Table 1). The age of patients being operated on did not significantly alter (mean was 70.3 years) and is comparable with that in other series (Ashley et al, 1971;Graham, 1977). The male population of the area remained steady ( Table 2), although there was a slight rise in the proportion of those over 65 years of age.…”

Differences in Outcome of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy between Three Diagnostic Categories

“…Evaluation of the outcome of surgery therefore needs to take the preoperative diagnosis into account. The majority of Accepted for publication 31 July 1992 published studies which have done so have limited their consideration of outcome to mortality and short-term post-operative complications such as urinary tract infection (UTI) (Ashley et al, 1971;Singh et al, 1973;Melchior et al, 1974;Blandy, 1978;Malone et al, 1988;Mebust et al, 1989). Little information is available on the incidence of longer-term complications such as incontinence and impotence, changes in prostatic symptoms, general health status and quality of life.…”

Present state of statistics from hospital in-patient data and their uses.

“…That the 'critical number method' when used for determining bed needs (Bailey, 1954(Bailey, , 1962Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, 1955) was usually found to reflect the number of beds presently available (Forsyth and Logan, 1960;Airth and Newell, 1962) was due in part to the acceptance that admission rates current at the time would continue.…”

“…Superficially, however, it appears illogical to record elsewhere information on the use made of such services as pathology or radiology without relating them to individuals, which would allow some prediction of the future demands on these services based on the expected case mix (Ashley, Pasker, and Beresford, 1972). Equally, when measures of nursing dependency are available and recorded in some hospitals (Barr and Moores, in preparation), their combination with demographic and diagnostic data would enhance the value of all three.…”