Status:
COMPLETED
Early Post-operative Removal of Urethral Catheter in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery With Epidural Analgesia
Lead Sponsor:
University College Hospital Galway
Conditions:
Urinary Retention
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients undergoing colon or rectal surgery will usually have a urinary catheter (silicone tube) placed in the bladder at the time of operating to monitor kidney function during surgery and in the pos...
Detailed Description
Patients undergoing colon or rectal surgery will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: Patients in study group 1 (SG1) will have their urinary catheters removed at 48 hours post-operatively; Pati...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 18
- Competent to consent to participate in trial
- Undergoing colorectal surgery (any resection of large bowel, formation of colostomy, anterior resection, low anterior resection, panproctocolectomy, abdominoperineal resection).
- Receiving epidural analgesia post-operatively
- If male, international prostate symptom score \<20.
Exclusion
- Previous lower urinary tract surgery
- Chronic lower urinary tract disease
- Intermittent self-catheterisation
- Neurogenic bladder
- Urethral catheter inserted \>24 hours pre-operatively
- Presence of pelvic sepsis/abscess at surgery
- Previous trans-abdominal pelvic surgery
- Urethral catheter required for urine output monitoring beyond 24 hours post-operatively
- Presence of enterovesical fistula
- Pre-operative use of medications which alter detrusor function
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
41 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01508767
Start Date
January 1 2012
End Date
July 1 2013
Last Update
August 19 2013
Active Locations (1)
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University College Hospital Galway
Galway, Co. Galway, Ireland