Medical and non-medical interventions for post-operative urinary retention prevention: network meta-analysis and risk-benefit analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess the efficacy in lowering post-operative urinary retention, urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract symptoms and the incidence of adverse events among 12 interventions and to perform risk-benefit analysis.

Methods

Previous randomized controlled trials were identified from MEDLINE, Scopus and CENTRAL database up to January 2020. The interventions of interest included early ambulation, fluid adjustment, neuromodulation, acupuncture, cholinergic drugs, benzodiazepine, antispasmodic agents, opioid antagonist agents, alpha-adrenergic antagonists, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and combination of any interventions. The comparators were placebo or standard care or any of these interventions. Network meta-analysis was perfor

SUBMITTER: Sirisreetreerux P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216417 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature