When we analyzed our data, we were initially surprised by the findings because we had expected there to be an increased incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in those men in whom anticoagulants were discontinued in the periop-erative period. However the incidence of bleeding complications that we observed was low and was consistent with the very best results reported in the literature for TURP morbidity in patients who were either on or off anticoagulants.
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