“…That these preoperative precautions are of importance is borne out by the experience of two British Clinics. Two-hundred and nineteen patients with urinary retention were subjected to immediate suprapubic prostatectomy in one clinic, with a resultant mortality rate of 7.3 per cent (13). In the same year another British clinic reported a mortality rate of 1.97 per cent for suprapubic prostatectomy, utilizing a strict policy of preoperative preparation as previously outlined (4).…”