Comparison of 1 Versus 2 Days Post-Operative Catheterization After Anterior Colporrhaphy

Comparison of 1 Versus 2 Days Post-Operative Catheterization After Anterior Colporrhaphy

Patients who undergo anterior vaginal wall plastic surgery and place the bladder catheter during surgery are selected. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the presence of statistically significant differences in bladder catheter repositioning within 12 hours after bladder catheter removal in the group of patients in whom the bladder catheter is removed on postoperative day I or II.

Secondary outcomes include evaluation of the incidence of urinary tract infections, number of hospitalization days and total hospitalization costs for patients undergoing anterior vaginal wall surgery in patients in whom the bladder catheter is removed on postoperative day I or II.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women 18 years of age or older
• Patients who are candidates for cystopexy surgery
• Patients who have consented to the signing of the Informed Consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Micturition dysfunction with preoperative bladder stagnation > 200 cc at pessary evaluation
• History of recurrent cystitis
• Positive preoperative urine culture
• Azotemia > 40 mg/dL or creatininemia > 1 mg/dL
• Not collected signed consent endorsed
• Diabetes mellitus
• Contraindications to transurethral bladder catheterization
• Major protocol violations due to unforeseen intraoperative complications (bladder and/or rectal damage, severe bleeding with need for urinary monitoring)