My object in this paper is to report unusual complications that may occur, directly or indirectly, as the result of prostatectomy. These observations were recorded during the postoperative convalescence of 200 prostatectomized patients. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE A review of the literature impresses one with the improvement of technic of this particular surgical procedure. In the light of present knowledge, reports of prostatectomy twenty-five or thirty years ago sometimes contain amusing incidents. A general surgeon of that date states: "It is wise to inform a patient, who has been obliged to be catheterized before operation, that it may be necessary to continue this procedure after operation, but it is safe to promise him that catheterization will be much easier and comparatively painless." His experience at that date doubtless justified his extreme conservatism and warranted his avoiding to commit himself definitely. The physician's statement is reminiscent of the footnote on all