Intermittent catheterization every 6 hours in postpartum women with urinary retention may be a better strategy than extended catheterization over 24 hours, a new prospective, randomized, controlled ...

This is an interesting problem. There is often no obvious reason why women experience urinary retention after the removal of a catheter. I've noticed this more in elderly patients and have always ...

Urinary retention is a condition where a person is unable to voluntarily empty the urinary bladder completely. It may happen suddenly in an elderly male due to an enlarged prostate or in a young male ...

The use of an intraoperative catheter did not protect against the development of postoperative urinary retention (PUR) for patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair surgery, a ...

Intraoperative urinary catheters do not reduce the risk for postoperative urinary retention (PUR) after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, according to a study published online June 15 in JAMA ...

Jane Gosling, MSc, RGN, is urology consultant nurse, Department of Urology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Acute retention of urine is usually a painful condition; anyone experiencing it is likely to ...

A number of female patients, aged 60 and older, have been found to have urinary retention during the recovery period following total hip replacement or hip fracture. (Whether the retention preceded or ...