Urinary Retention After Arthroplasty
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Urinary Retention Postoperative
Arthroplasty Complications
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Participants needed
- 170 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Central Finland Hospital District · Other
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About This Trial
Arthroplasty increases the risk of postoperative urinary retention. Treatment of postoperative urinary retention is indwelling or intermittent catheterization. The need for catheterization is most commonly determined with an ultrasound scanner. Catheterization increases the risk of urinary tract infection, which may further lead to haematogenic infection of the artificial joint. There is no eviden…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* elective total knee arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria:
* previous surgery for urologic cancer
* fracture as indication for surgery
* lack of co-operation
* untreated urinary retention
* nephrostoma
* general anesthesia
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