Haematuria; a late complication of TURP?

This study was designed to investigate the cause of haematuria for patients that had previously undergone a TURP. One hundred patients were identified in a walk-in haematuria clinic as having been treated by TURP and were pro spectively investigated for the cause of bleeding. Prostate regrowth was th e diagnosis in 63% of cases. A diagnosis of malignancy was made for 23.5% o f these patients. We have confirmed the hypothesis that for patients who pr esent with haematuria after a TURP, the prostate is the usual source of ble eding.