Effects of thoracic epidural administered drugs on lower urinary tract function: a randomized controlled study
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Kidney surgerySurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN17075012
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Inselspital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
1. Written informed consent
2. Kidney surgery
3. Thoracic epidural analgesia
Exclusion Criteria
1. Contraindications to epidural analgesia or refusal
2. Preoperative PVR > 100 ml
3. International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) > 7
4. Pregnancy (pregnancy test in all women who are not in menopause, exclusion for surgery per se)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post-void residual urine volume (in ml) during thoracic epidural analgesia, measured before surgery (baseline) and on postoperative two or three depending of the patient’s mobility.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method