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Q Is short term catheterisation more beneficial than standard, prolonged catheterisation after vaginal prolapse surgery?
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
unclear allocation concealment.
Blinding:
unblinded.
Follow up period:
to the end of hospital stay.
Setting:
a large hospital in the Netherlands.
Patients:
100 women who were having anterior colporrhaphy. Patients with signs of a preoperative urinary tract infection (UTI) were excluded.
Intervention:
all patients had a transurethral Foley catheter (Charrière 14) inserted in the operating suite immediately after surgery. 50 patients were allocated to short term catheterisation (catheter removal on the morning after …
Footnotes
For correspondence: Dr M H Emanuel, Spaarne Hospital, Haarlem, The Netherlands. memanuelknmg.nl
Source of funding: not stated.