Performing Urology Procedure in Positive Urine Culture as a Research: Is that Ethical?

The prospective cohort study investigated the association between postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing urologic procedures based on the presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). The advantages of this study are not only the method of blinding by using alternative infectious diseases physicians but also the idea was unique. When we read this article, we thinking about more important risk factors rather than ASB. Although This study was approved by the Universidad CES Research Ethics Committee, we should think about its ethical problems.

Keywords:

urology procedure , urology , urine culture