Acute Retention of Urine due to Benign Prostatic Obstruction Treated with Alpha-Adrenergic Blockers | Zendy

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Acute Retention of Urine due to Benign Prostatic Obstruction Treated with Alpha-Adrenergic Blockers

Author(s) -

Kasper Reuther,

Jan Aagaard

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

urologia internationalis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1423-0399

pISSN - 0042-1138

DOI - 10.1159/000280957

Subject(s) - medicine , phentolamine , urology , urinary retention , muscle hypertrophy , adrenergic receptor , urine , adrenergic , stimulation , receptor

Bladder catheterisation is the usual treatment in patients with acute retention of urine due to prostatic hypertrophy. The interference is not without complications why medical treatment would be a progress. The prostatic gland has been found to contain alpha-adrenergic receptors, and it has been argued that some cases of acute retention of urine is caused by over-stimulation of the alpha-adrenergic receptors. In the present study we have investigated the effect of intravenously administered phentolamine ( Regitin ) in patients with acute retention of urine, due to prostatic hypertrophy, and find that the treatment is an alternative to conventional bladder catheterisation.

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