Acute urinary retention is a common complication after lower limb arthroplasty. The aim of our study was to assess whether the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and other patient related factors could predict the likelihood of patients developing urinary retention after lower limb arthroplasty. We have also reviewed the literature on this subject. This is a prospective study of 102 ma...

Objective-To determine whether a relation between urinary retention and temporal rhythms exists. Design-Retrospective analysis of patients presenting over three years. Setting-Urology departments in two hospitals. Patients-815 Patients presenting as emergency admissions with urinary retention and requiring immediate decompression of the bladder. Main outcome measures-Calendar date of each admis...

OBJECTIVES Our goals were (i) to identify the incidence and risk factors of postoperative urinary retention in minor thoracic surgery patients and (ii) to develop a scoring system to predict postoperative urinary retention in these patients. METHODS Two hundred and ninety-two consecutive patients who underwent thoracic surgery without a pre- or intraoperative indwelling urinary catheter under...

Herniation of the urinary bladder into the inguinal canal is an uncommon finding, observed in 0.5-4% of inguinal hernias (Curry (2000)). It is usually associated with other conditions that increase intra-abdominal pressure such as bladder neck obstruction due to prostatic hypertrophy. Consequently, in men, it is usually associated with some degree of urinary retention. We present a 42-year-old ...

PURPOSE Acute urinary retention in children is a relatively rare entity. There are a variety of causes that are poorly defined in the literature. We review our cases of acute urinary retention in children at three major pediatrics centers in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1996 and 2003, children (up to 14 years old) who had been referred due to acute urinary retention were examined. Urin...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To develop evidence-based guidelines for adult patients in order to prevent urinary retention and to minimise bladder damage and urinary tract infection. BACKGROUND Urinary retention causing bladder damage is a well known complication in patients during hospital care. The most common treatment for urinary retention is an indwelling urinary catheter, which causes 80% of hos...

PURPOSE We studied the usefulness of computer assisted morphometry for measuring detrusor muscle cell diameter and the connective tissue-to-smooth muscle ratio in patients with bladder outlet obstruction, acute urinary retention and a nonobstructed control group. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was done in patients with bladder outlet obstruction undergoing transurethral prostate re...

Acute urinary retention in adolescent females is rare, just like imperforate hymen. We present a case of acute urinary retention secondary to imperforate hymen in a 14-year-old Nigerian girl. Its diagnosis and treatment are discussed with a brief review of literature. We highlight the need for a thorough evaluation in the female patient presenting with acute urinary retention, and also the need...