A Randomized Controlled Study on the Impact of Early Urinary Catheter Removal on Postoperative Urinary Retention in Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery Patients with Thoracic Epidural Analgesia
Our results suggest that early UC removal under TEA is safe and does not significantly increase the risk of POUR while reducing the incidence of CAUTIs. These findings support the feasibility of early UC removal in this patient population and may inform future guidelines on perioperative UC management in the context of TEA.
Authors
- Mark Philipp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5929-5398)
- Ahmed Alwali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4948-4570)
- Eberhard Grambow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-3176)
- Clemens Schafmayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-5005)
- E. Klar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1159-5797)
- Matthias Leuchter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3178-5579)
Institutions
- University of Rostock (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Visceral Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000548387
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00