Postop Catheterization for Urinary Retention

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Urinary Retention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04030377

EH11-096

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates patient's preference and satisfaction with choice of catheterization after surgical urogynecological procedures.

Full description

Preoperatively, the enrolled patient receives information about risks and benefits of three ways of bladder catheterization as means of management of postoperative urinary retention. Based on this information, the patient chooses her preferred way of postoperative catheterization in case she experiences acute urinary retention after surgery. After the surgery, those patients requiring catheterization postoperatively evaluate their experience in a postoperative questionnaire.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All female patients who undergo urogynecological surgery procedures at NorthShore University HealthSystem and consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who cannot read, comprehend, and write in English