Indwelling vs Immediate Removal of Foley Catheter After Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy: a Prospective Study

Atlantic Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Retention

Treatments: Other: No Foley

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02765893

791664-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective, comparative randomized study. Our study population includes women with pelvic organ prolapse undergoing a robotic assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy.

The two groups will include the study group, who will have their Foley catheter removed 6 hours post-op, and the control group who will have an indwelling Foley catheter overnight. The two groups will be assigned according REDCap randomization system.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 19-75
• Pelvic organ prolapse requiring robotic assisted, laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy.

Exclusion criteria

• Intraoperative complications necessitating a post-operative Foley

  • Cystotomy
  • EBL >500mL
  • Bowl injury

• Pre-operative urinary retention requiring an indwelling catheter

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

Foley

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will have Foley in place overnight after completion of surgery, which is currently standard of care at our institution.

No Foley

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients will have Foley catheter removed 6 hours post-op.

Treatment:

Other: No Foley