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Journal Article
Observational Study
Incidence and Risk Factors of Postoperative Urinary Retention and Bladder Catheterization in Patients Undergoing Fast-Track Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Prospective Observational Study on 371 Patients.
Journal of Arthroplasty 2018 May
BACKGROUND: Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) appears to be a common complication in lower limb joint arthroplasty; however, reports on its incidence vary. There is no general consensus on its definition and there is no scientific evidence on treatment principles. We performed a prospective observational study to establish the incidence of POUR and its risk factors, including the preoperative postvoid residual urine volume and the perioperative fluid balance, in fast-track total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The preoperative residual urine volume and the perioperative fluid balance have not been studied in previous literature in the context of TJA and POUR.
METHODS: Three hundred eighty-one patients who underwent TJA of the lower limb were observed on developing POUR according to our local treatment protocol. Data on possible risk factors for POUR were collected including the perioperative fluid balance and the preoperative residual urine volume.
RESULTS: In total, 46.3% of patients were catheterized. A preoperative postvoid urine retention is a significant predictor of catheterization for postoperative residual urine (P = .03). Spinal anesthesia was correlated with urinary retention (P = .01). There was no cause-effect relationship between POUR and the perioperative fluid balance.
CONCLUSION: This study underlines POUR as a common complication in fast-track lower limb arthroplasty, with spinal anesthesia as a risk factor. A higher preoperative residual urine volume leads to higher postoperative residual volume, but not to a higher change in urinary retention. Increased perioperative fluid administration is not correlated with the incidence of POUR. Furthermore, there seems to be little rationale for monitoring residual urine volume both preoperatively and postoperatively.
METHODS: Three hundred eighty-one patients who underwent TJA of the lower limb were observed on developing POUR according to our local treatment protocol. Data on possible risk factors for POUR were collected including the perioperative fluid balance and the preoperative residual urine volume.
RESULTS: In total, 46.3% of patients were catheterized. A preoperative postvoid urine retention is a significant predictor of catheterization for postoperative residual urine (P = .03). Spinal anesthesia was correlated with urinary retention (P = .01). There was no cause-effect relationship between POUR and the perioperative fluid balance.
CONCLUSION: This study underlines POUR as a common complication in fast-track lower limb arthroplasty, with spinal anesthesia as a risk factor. A higher preoperative residual urine volume leads to higher postoperative residual volume, but not to a higher change in urinary retention. Increased perioperative fluid administration is not correlated with the incidence of POUR. Furthermore, there seems to be little rationale for monitoring residual urine volume both preoperatively and postoperatively.
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