title: Predictors of Successful Trial without Catheter for Postoperative Urinary Retention Following Non-Urological Surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the success rate of trial without catheter (TWOC) for postoperative urinary retention (POUR) after non-urological surgery and to determine predictors of successful TWOC.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 104 patients who underwent non-urological surgery and were referred to the department of urology for POUR were included in this retrospective study. All eligible patients underwent indwelling catheterization as an initial treatment and then TWOC was performed 3 to 7 days later. POUR was defined as micturition difficulty with greater than 400 mL of postvoid residual (PVR) urine volume measured by catheterization after non-urological surgery. Successful TWOC was defined as voiding with less than 100 mL of PVR urine volume. Predictive factors were identified by multivariate regression analysis. All definitions corresponded to recommendations of the International Continence Society.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients was 65.2 (range, 23 to 92) years. There were 45 male and 59 female patients. Intraoperative indwelling catheterization was performed in 69 (66.3%) patients. Mean duration of indwelling catheterization for POUR was 5.0 (range, 3.0 to 7.0) days and 83 (79.8%) patients received medication with an alpha-blocker. A successful TWOC was observed in 70 (67.4%) patients. The mean age of the patients with failure of TWOC was significantly higher than that of the patients with successful TWOC. The percentages of female patients, spinal surgery, and prone position during surgery in patients with unsuccessful TWOC were higher than in those with successful TWOC. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, age and location of surgery (spine vs. non-spine) were the independent predictors of successful TWOC for POUR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data suggest that older age and spinal surgery may be important risk factors for failure of TWOC for POUR after non-urological surgery. Thus, adequate prevention measures may be necessary for POUR after non-urological surgery, especially in patients with these risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ki Hong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Sung June
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyeung Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dong Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Hae Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min Chul
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cho
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