PURPOSE Controversy exists over the preoperative risk factors for postoperative urinary retention after the midurethral sling procedure for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). We intended to analyze the effect of preoperative flow rate on postoperative urinary retention after the transobturator tape (TOT) operation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 322 patients who underwent TOT from June 2006...

Thirty patients suffering from chronic kidney disease were examined for urinary, fecal and total plasma porphyrins. Twenty patients had nitrogen retention whereas the remaining ten patients displayed normal values. Urinary coproporphyrin excretion and total plasma porphyrin levels were comparatively less pronounced in patients with nitrogen retention. Such changes in porphyrin metabolism could ...

Urinary retention is complex and may present in various ways as a result of a myriad of pathologic processes. Retention is>10 times more common in men than in women, and acute urinary retention (AUR) is rare in younger men; men in their 70 s are at five times more risk of AUR than men in their 40 s. Most of the epidemiologic data referred to in the literature are for AUR; data for chronic urina...

We experienced a case of acute urinary retention after an elective cesarean section. In this case, an epidural catheter was inserted for the postoperative pain relief, and we had to rule out anesthetic complications including epidural hematoma. After careful investigation, sacral herpes zoster was found to be responsible for urinary retention. Early administration of antiviral agent was started...