Appropriate timing of urethral catheter removal in gastrointestinal surgery with epidural anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Gastric and colorectal cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000040468
- Lead Sponsor
- Fukushima Medical University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Not provided
1) Not a scheduled surgery 2) Cases of rectal cancer (lower margin of tumor is Ra or Rb) 3) Epidural catheter is removed within 48 hours postoperatively 4)Dialysis patient 5) A case of preoperative urinary retention 6) A case after total bladder removal 7) A case after lower urethral surgery 8) A case who require a urologist or a urologic technician to insert the urinary catheter at the timing of surgery 9) A case in which an indwelling urethral catheter had been placed preoperatively 10) A case where a urinary tract infection was diagnosed preoperatively 11) Cases requiring continuation of indwelling urethral catheter for urine volume measurement 12) A case in which the attending physician determined that the epidural was not working at all 13) Cases in which epidural anesthesia is ineffective and requires sustained intravenous administration of opioids 14) A case of unintentional epidural catheter removal (self-extraction or spontaneous removal) 15) Postoperative cases requiring intensive care
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of postoperative urinary retention (POUR)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Development of urinary tract infection 2) Postoperative hospital stay 3) Degree of patient distress and disability to rehabilitation due to implantation of urethral catheters using questionnaires