Status:
COMPLETED
A Prospective Randomized Control Trial Comparing Immediate and 24-hours Delayed Catheter Removal Following Hysterectomy
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Hysterectomy
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Total abdominal hysterectomy is a common gynaecological operation performed worldwide. In Hong Kong, it was the most common gynaecological open procedure done and the number of hysterectomies performe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All women required total abdominal hysterectomy +/- bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for various benign gynaecological diseases in Queen Mary Hospital
Exclusion
- a known history of neurological disorder
- a known history of urinary incontinence
- women who had recurrent urinary tract infections or positive urine culture (\>105 colony-forming units of an identified single uro-pathogen per milliliter of urine) pre-operatively
- women for whom a complicated procedure was encountered during the hysterectomy in which case in-dwelling catheter had to be kept post-operatively at the surgeon's decision
- women who had spinal anaesthesia as the choice of anaesthesia or received patient-controlled analgesia as post-operative pain relief.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01182714
Start Date
November 1 2007
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
August 20 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong