The purpose of this study is to compare the prevalence of postoperative urinary retention between retained and non-retained urinary catheter in total knee arthorplasty with epidural anesthesia
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
242
A surgical procedure in which parts of the knee joint are replaced with artificial parts (prostheses)
Urinary catheterization is a latex, polyurethane, or silicone tube known as a urinary catheter is inserted into a patient's bladder via the urethra. Catheterization allows the patient's urine to drain freely from the bladder for collection.
Navamindradhiraj University
Dusit, Bangkok, Thailand
postoperative urinary retention
Patients who didn't void within 6 hours with suprapubic discomfort and had a urinary volume 400 mL or more confirmed by single intermittent catheterization
Time frame: 6 hours after surgery and 6 hours after remove urinary catherter
urinary tract infection
An infection of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra. The symptoms are burning with urination and having to urinate frequently and fever \> 38° C. Urine culture shows a bacterial colony count of greater than or equal to ten to the fifth colony-forming units per mL of a typical urinary tract organism.
Time frame: 7 days after surgery
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