Correlation of ASA Grade and the Charlson Comorbidity Index With Complications in Patients After Transurethral Resection of Prostate

Objective To re-assess the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System (ASA grade) as predictive factors of complications after transurethral resection of prostate. Methods This study retrospectively included and analyzed consecutive patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate at Peking University First Hospital between 1992 and 2013. A multivariate analysis was conducted to evaluate the connection of the ASA and CCI grades with the incidence of complications. Results This paper studied 2326 cases in total. The CCI and ASA grades were significantly correlated, with a Spearman ρ of 0.245 ( P