To compare the proportion of patients experiencing post operative urinary retention between patients receiving unilateral or bilateral spinal anaesthesia for lower limb orthopaedic surgeries.

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2020/05/025164
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Sharika Sriramanan

Brief Summary

1. To study the proportion of post-operative urinary retention in patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures under unilateral and bilateral spinal anaesthesia and to compare the same.

2. To measure the time taken for the patient to first void after the procedure/anaesthesia in the two groups.



3. To evaluate the need for catheterisation in the two groups.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-01-06
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

• ASA- 1, ASA- 2 patients 2.
• Patients with no contraindications for spinal or general anaesthesia.
• Patients undergoing lower limb orthopaedic procedures involving knee and/or ankle joint.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient refusal.
• Heart block, dysrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension or any other severe systemic disease.
• ASA-3 and ASA- 4 patients.
• Psychiatric illnesses that would interfere with the perception and assessment of post-operative urinary assessment.
• Patients with pre-existing indwelling catheters.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of proportion of post-operative urinary retention in patients undergoing procedures under unilateral and bilateral spinal anaesthesia.	Assessment of proportion of post-operative urinary retention in patients undergoing procedures under unilateral and bilateral spinal anaesthesia upto 12 hours after the procedure | Time taken to first void after the procedure/anaesthesia upto 12 hours after the procedure.
Time taken to first void after the procedure/anaesthesia.	Assessment of proportion of post-operative urinary retention in patients undergoing procedures under unilateral and bilateral spinal anaesthesia upto 12 hours after the procedure | Time taken to first void after the procedure/anaesthesia upto 12 hours after the procedure.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of need for catheterisation in patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures: unilateral vs bilateral spinal anaesthesia	Assessment of need for catheterisation in patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures: unilateral vs bilateral spinal anaesthesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba Medical College and Hospitals; 🇮🇳 Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba Medical College and Hospitals

🇮🇳Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Dr Sharika Sriramanan

Principal investigator

7760413236

sharika.sriramanan@gmail.com