Routine Indwelling Urinary Catheterization Is Not Necessary During Total Hip Arthroplasty Performed Under Spinal Anesthesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perioperative indwelling urinary catheterization remains common in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. This study sought to examine the effect of routine catheterization following total hip arthroplasty performed under spinal anesthesia on urinary complications.

Methods

A total of 991 consecutive patients who underwent primary total hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia over a 4-year period were retrospectively reviewed. Major postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was defined as persistent retention following 2 straight catheterizations, which required postoperative indwelling catheter placement. Minor POUR was defined as retention that resolved following 1 or 2 straight catheterizations. Statistical analyses were used to compare outcomes between those

SUBMITTER: Carlock KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9157006 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature