TRANSURETHRAL CATHETER REMOVAL AFTER BILATERAL ORCHIECTOMY FOR PROSTATIC-CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE URINARY RETENTION

Authors
MOMMSEN S PETERSEN L
Citation
S. Mommsen et L. Petersen, TRANSURETHRAL CATHETER REMOVAL AFTER BILATERAL ORCHIECTOMY FOR PROSTATIC-CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE URINARY RETENTION, Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology, 28(4), 1994, pp. 401-404
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365599
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
401 - 404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5599(1994)28:4<401:TCRABO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
In the period 1986-1990 a total of 69 patients with advanced prostate cancer and urinary retention underwent orchiectomy followed by removal of the indwelling catheter during the 3 month/ postoperative period. The mean follow-up time was 32 months. Regarding urination after cathe ter removal the success-rate was 62% (43/69) and 84% of these patients were satisfied with the procedure. For these 43 patients the median t ime without the catheter was 21.5 months. Eleven patients with success developed a new attack of urinary retention. Bladder catheter removal during 3 months after orchiectomy for patients with advanced prostate cancer and urinary retention is recommended.