Comparison of frequency of postoperative requirement of additional analgesia and mean length of hospital stay in patients undergoing transurethral resection of prostate with and without postoperative catheter traction.

Objective: To determine and to compare the frequency of postoperative requirement of additional analgesia and mean length of hospital stay in patients undergoing TURP with and without postoperative catheter traction. Study Design: Analytical Cross Sectional Study. Setting: Department of Urology, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. Period: Dec 2023 to March 2024. Methods: After ERC approval & informed consent a total of 48 patients with comparable baseline characteristics such as age and preoperative prostate size who underwent TURP and were having significant postoperative hematuria (≥ grade 2 on a standardized hematuria colorimetric card) were enrolled in the study & were divided into two groups i.e. group A and group B, each having 24 patients. Group A patients were subjected to postoperative catheter traction with thigh using an adhesive band that was maintained over the night, while group B patients were not subjected to this postoperative intervention. Patients of both the groups received a single shot of IM diclofenac sodium 75mg in the recovery room and later on oral diclofenac sodium 50mg was given twice a day. All Patients were presented with a visual analogue scale (VAS) every 6 hourly during the first 24 hours postoperatively and were given additional IM diclofenac sodium 75mg if the reported pain was of moderate-severe intensity as indicated by the VAS score and an entry was made on the pro forma. Also, at the time of discharge total days spent in the hospital by patients of both the groups after undergoing TURP and any postoperative complications were noted. Results: 79.16% of group A patients required additional postoperative analgesia as compared to a value of 29.16% of group B patients (p= 0.0001). The mean hospital stay of group A and group B was 4.04 ± 0.65 days and 3.25 ± 0.65 days respectively (p=0.0001).