title: [Treatment of the acute phase of urinary retention (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors report on a series of 50 consecutive patients, admitted in emergency for complete urine retention of sudden onset. They all presented an enlarged bladder, containing 500 to 2 200 ml of urine. They all underwent vesical drainage through urethral catheterization, without concern for a slow decompression of the bladder. There were six cases of macroscopic hematuria needing no specific treatment. For the authors, there is no justification for slow urinary decompression.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Traitement de la phase aiguë de la rétention urinaire.