[Epididymitis after prostatectomy (author's transl)].

Complications which prolong hospitalization occur after 10% of prostatectomies, depending on the type of operation. Epididymitis develops after prostatectomy especially in postoperative urinary tract infection, and in patients with risk factors (retention of urine, recurrent residual urine, infected urine, and after adenomectomy). In comparison with the time before specific antibiotic therapy, postoperative epididymitis has fallen by 50% with preliminary antibiotic treatment. Postoperative epididymitis very rarely occurs under treatment with gentamicin.