IS IT NECESSARY TO CATHETERISE THE BLADDER BEFORE LAPAROSCOPY

Authors
MAJEED AW PLURA M PRIEST S JOHNSON AG
Citation
Aw. Majeed et al., IS IT NECESSARY TO CATHETERISE THE BLADDER BEFORE LAPAROSCOPY, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 8(2), 1998, pp. 157-158
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
157 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1998)8:2<157:IINTCT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Fifty patients had residual urine measured by catheterisation immediat ely before laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The median amount of urine in the bladder was 100 ml (range 5-500 ml). This urine volume does not d istend the bladder enough to risk inadvertant perforation during inser tion of a subumbilical port. Urinary bladder catheterisation is unnece ssary before laparoscopy especially if the bladder is impalpable.