The use of furosemide in the postoperative management of prostatectomy: a prospective investigation.

We estimated the effect of forced diuresis in the postoperative management of prostatectomy in a prospective, controlled clinical investigation. The need for bladder irrigation in a group of patients treated with furosemide is compared to that in a group not treated with this drug. The chi-square test showed no significant difference between the 2 groups. Therefore, there is no indication for furosemide in the postoperative management of patients subjected to prostatectomy.