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No Difference in Urinary Retention or Clinical Outcomes with Urinary Catheter in Non-Drainage TKA

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April 2021

No Difference in Urinary Retention or Clinical Outcomes with Urinary Catheter in Non-Drainage TKA

Vol: 18| Issue: 1| Number:2| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Indwelling urinary catheterization was unnecessary in non-drainage total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2021 Mar;141(3): 469-476.

Contributing Authors:
S Thiengwittayaporn P Uthaitas N Hongku R Tunyasuwanakul P Limphunudom F Leelachiewchankul

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Two hundred and thirty patients with knee osteoarthritis and scheduled for a primary non-drainage total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using combined spinal epidural anesthesia with a short-acting opioid were randomized to receive indwelling urinary catheterization for up to 24 hours post-operation (n=115) or no urinary catheterization (n=115). The primary outcome of interest was the incidence of post-op...

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