Utility of Indwelling Catheter in Orthopaedic Patients Receiving Spinal Anesthesia

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Joint Arthroplasty

Treatments: Device: Foley Catheter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01577823

RIJPARU2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

A study measuring utility of indwelling bladder catheter placement in orthopaedic surgical patients receiving spinal anesthesia. Study will track clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction and cost efficacy. Absence of indwelling bladder catheter may decrease urinary tract infection (UTI) incidence, increase patient satisfaction, and decrease cost burden without increasing postoperative urinary retention (POUR) incidence.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Elective orthopaedic surgical patients of all ages undergoing lower extremity adult reconstructive surgery with spinal anesthesia will be interviewed.

Exclusion criteria

Patients are excluded from the study preoperatively with a history of prostate or urological surgery, renal failure, previous documented POUR, current indwelling catheter, or acute UTI.

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

No foley catheter

No Intervention group

Foley Catheter

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Foley Catheter