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Early Removal of Urinary Catheters in Patients After Rectal Surgery: a Prospective Study

NCT01186237 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2021-03-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Recent national surgical quality guidelines (Surgical Care Improvement Project, National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures)state that removal of urinary catheters should occur by post-operative day two for all surgical patients. These guidelines exclude neither patients who have undergone rectal surgery nor those with epidural analgesic catheters. The common practice among most colorectal surgeons is to leave urinary catheters in for three to five days for patients who have undergone rectal operations, due to concern for urinary retention. This study aims to explore the outcomes of following the national surgical guidelines for early urinary catheter removal, especially with regards to urinary retention and urinary tract infection.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Early urinary catheter removal

All patients will have foley catheters removed between 0600 and midnight of post-operative day 3 (Day 0 being the day of operation).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Lane Welton · Stanford University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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