title: Catheterisation for nephrectomy?
abstract: A retrospective review of 64 nephrectomies performed in 1985 and 1986 revealed an incidence of postoperative catheterisation of 48%, compared with 20% in an age and sex matched group of patients undergoing cholecystectomy (P less than 0.01). In the 27 male patients over 40 years of age undergoing nephrectomy, there was a 75% incidence of postoperative catheterisation. A figure of 47% was found for the comparable female group. We recommend that routine peroperative catheterisation should be performed in patients over 40 years of age undergoing a nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cranston
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control