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Table 1 Patients characteristic of studied groups. (Means ± SD)

From: A randomized comparison between three types of irrigating fluids during transurethral resection in benign prostatic hyperplasia

 

Glycine group

(n = 120)

Glucose group

(n = 120)

Saline group

(n = 120)

Age (years)

60.7 ± 5.1

60.9 ± 4.9

62 ± 6.5

Operative time (min)

57.1 ± 8.2

58.3 ± 10.8

62.5 ± 11.2

Resection wt (gm)

89.16 ± 18.3

91.94 ± 16

82.5 ± 15.5

Catheterization time (days)

2.4 ± 0.71

1.67 ± 0.45

1.54 ± 0.34

Hospital stay (days)

3.31 ± 0.63

2.29 ± 0.46

2.19 ± 0.38

  1. Analysis of variance tests were used.