Immediate versus delayed removal of urinary catheter after laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate if immediate catheter removal (ICR) after laparoscopic hysterectomy is associated with similar retention outcomes compared with delayed removal (DCR).

Study design

Non-inferiority randomised controlled trial.

Population

Women undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy in six hospitals in the Netherlands.

Methods

Women were randomised to ICR or DCR (between 18 and 24 hours after surgery).

Primary outcome

The inability to void within 6 hours after catheter removal.

Results

One hundred and fifty-five women were randomised to ICR (n = 74) and DCR (n = 81). The intention-to-treat and per-protocol analysis could not demonstrate the non-inferiority of ICR: ten women with ICR could not urinate spontaneously within 6 hours compared with non

SUBMITTER: Sandberg EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593458 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature