conclusions both the lukewarm-water-soaked gauze and the hot pack techniques had significant effects on postoperative urinary retention and significantly reduced the need for urinary catheterization. using these two simple and cost-effective techniques for managing postoperative urinary retention is recommended. results respectively, 59.5%, 71.4%, and 7.1% of patients in the hot pack, the soake...

abectract introduction & objective: acute urinary retention is an unusual symptom among women. this is a case report of acute urinary retention due to endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman. case: the patient was a 49 – years old woman who had referred with dull abdominal pain and acute urinary retention for a few weeks. in physical examination, cervix was displaced anteriorly and superiorly a...

cauda equina syndrome (ces) although uncommon, is a very serious condition, which should be diagnosed as soon as possible.  urinary dysfunction following a lumbosacral trauma is a key for the physician to consider ces as the most probable diagnosis. up to 62% of ces patients report a recent episode of trauma. we herein report a young man with ces due to sacral fracture with an interesting imaging.

Objectives To investigate mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention and to report on the effects of comorbidity on mortality. Design Analysis of the hospital episode statistics database linked to themortality database of the Office for National Statistics. Setting NHS hospital trusts in England, 1998-2005. Participants All men aged over 45 who were admitted to NHS hospi...

abstract urinary retention, a rare childhood problem which is most commonly caused by urinary tract infection. however, neurological neoplasm must also be considered in differential diagnosis. we report here a 3 year old girlthat was referred to the pediatrics department of kashan university of medical sciences (kaums) with a history of urinary retention for 10 days. by insertion of a foley cat...