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To the Editor: I am disappointed to be faced with a visible contradiction between the two papers on the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the January 12 issue.^1,2

In his review article, Oesterling¹ states that the complications of transurethral resection of the prostate include "retrograde ejaculation in 70 to 75 percent of men, impotence in 5 to 10 percent, postoperative urinary tract infection in 5 to 10 percent, and some degree of urinary incontinence in 2 to 4 percent." In contrast, Wasson et al.,² summarizing the results of a multicenter randomized trial, state that "surgery was not associated with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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