Postoperative Urinary Retention Is an Independent Predictor of Short-Term and Long-Term Future Bladder Outlet Procedure in Men

    June 2017 in “ ˜The œJournal of urology/˜The œjournal of urology ”
    Robert H. Blackwell, Srikanth Vedachalam, Arpeet Shah, Anai N. Kothari, Paul C. Kuo, Gopal N. Gupta, Thomas Türk
    Studysummary This study found that men aged 60 or older with postoperative urinary retention were more likely to undergo bladder outlet procedures within three years.
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    The study reviewed records of 769,141 male inpatients who underwent nonurological surgery in California from 2008 to 2010 to determine if postoperative urinary retention (POUR) predicted future bladder outlet procedures. POUR occurred in 1.1% of patients, and 0.24% later had a bladder outlet procedure. Men aged 60 or older with POUR had a significantly higher rate of bladder outlet procedures within 3 years (7.1%) compared to those without POUR (2.2%). Men under 60 had a low rate of subsequent procedures regardless of POUR status. Thus, POUR in older men was an independent predictor of future bladder outlet procedures.
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