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Decode This Discontinued Prostate Procedure

Published on Tue Jun 10, 2025

Question: The patient was prepped for surgery and put under general anesthesia, after which the urologist began performing a transurethral resection of the prostate gland (TURP). The patient’s heart rate fell to 37 beats per minute, and the anesthesiologist was unable to raise it to a safe level. The team decided it was safest to discontinue the procedure before the urologist [...]
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