AIMS To investigate whether acute urinary retention due to central lumbar disc prolapse is reversible after emergency spinal surgery. METHODS Eight patients (two males, six females) with a mean age of 31.5 years (range, 18-42 years) with urinary retention due to lumbar disc prolapse were studied. An emergency surgery was performed within 48 hours (mean, 42 hours) after the onset of urinary re...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the subsequent risk of acute urine retention and prostate surgery in patients receiving alpha-1 blockers treatment and having a maximum urinary flow rate of less than 15ml/sec. METHODS We identified patients who were diagnosed with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and had a maximum uroflow rate of less than 15ml/sec between 1 January, 2002 to...

Striktur uretra merupakan salah satu penyebab retensi urin akut yang umum terjadi pada laki-laki. Diagnosis dan tata laksana tepat akan menurunkan angka komplikasi disebabkan oleh striktur uretra.
 Urethral stricture is one of the most common causes acute urinary retention in men. Accurate diagnosis and treatment will reduce complication rate caused by urethral

Urinary retention is complex and may present in various ways as a result of a myriad of pathologic processes. Retention is>10 times more common in men than in women, and acute urinary retention (AUR) is rare in younger men; men in their 70 s are at five times more risk of AUR than men in their 40 s. Most of the epidemiologic data referred to in the literature are for AUR; data for chronic urina...