On (b)(6) 2021, neotract was made aware of a patient who received a successful prostatic urethral lift (pul) procedure on (b)(6) 2021.As a pre-procedural antibiotic, the patient was prescribed ancef.In the days following the procedure (timing unknown), the patient underwent emergency hemorrhoid surgery which urologist said was ¿unrelated to the pul procedure.¿ post hemorrhoid surgery, the patient experienced urinary retention.On (b)(6) 2021, he was admitted to the hospital for a c.Difficile infection, thought to be related to the ancef medication and not to the pul procedure.Ct imaging revealed air in his pelvis.Patient was transferred to the icu for two weeks for unknown reasons, has since been discharged and reported as doing well.The urologist stated that he believed the infection, urinary retention, and pelvic air were unrelated to the pul procedure.
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