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Catheterization of Urinary Bladder before Major Gynaecological Surgery
Author(s) -
Malik Lala Rukh
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1987.tb00243.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , urinary retention , obstetrics and gynaecology , surgery , general anaesthesia , urinary bladder , bladder injury , urine , significant difference , general surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Between 1979 and 1983, 1,292 cases who underwent major gynaecological operations in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Khyber Hospital, Peshawar, were studied. One group (777 cases) had catheterization of bladder whereas the other group (515 cases) emptied their bladders immediately before anaesthesia and were not catheterized. There was no significant difference in the number of cases of retention of urine and bladder injury between the 2 groups except that in cases of laparotomy there were significantly fewer cases of retention in the non‐catheterized patients ( P = 0.05).