Acute urinary retention is a common presentation to the Emergency Department and is often simply treated with placement of a Foley catheter. However, various cases will arise when this will not remedy the retention and more aggressive measures will be needed, particularly if emergent urological consultation is not available. This article will review the causes of urinary obstruction and systema...

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P) has been established as the golden standard for the treatment of urinary retention in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). However, TUR-P is not performed on patients with certain high-risk complications. We have obtained favorable results using urethral stent (Angiomed-Memotherm) implantation to treat high-risk urinary retention pati...

Urinary retention is common after anesthesia and surgery, reported incidence of between 5% and 70%. Comorbidities, type of surgery, and type of anesthesia influence the development of postoperative urinary retention (POUR). The authors review the overall incidence and mechanisms of POUR associated with surgery, anesthesia and analgesia. Ultrasound has been shown to provide an accurate assessmen...

Müllerian duct cysts result from an abnormality in regression of the Müllerian system. They may occasionally give rise to symptoms. We report an unusual case of acute urinary retention in an old man caused by a giant Müllerian duct cyst. A 77-year-old man presented with of acute urinary retention. After bladder drainage, digital rectal examination found a large soft supraprostatic mass. Transre...

OBJECTIVE To report a case of congenital pelvic arteriovenous malformation (pAVM) with urinary retention. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 39-year-old male patient presented with inability to void urine for 8 h. He did not have a history of dysuria or fever, but had increasing urinary frequency and difficulty in voiding over 2 years. Examination revealed a suprapubic mass without exte...

Received October 2008 Accepted February 2009 INTRODUCTION Fibroepithelial polyps (FEPs) of the urethra are rare lesions in adults and are most frequently seen in men during the first decade of life.(1) These lesions are benign and congenital, usually discovered in infants and children, and have rarely been reported in adults.(2,3) Solitary polyps are called different names, such as prostatic ur...

Background: urinary retention is characterized as body inability to empty the bladder completely by voluntary micturition. The UR highly observed in male adult. But limited and sufficient knowledge present about its causes associated complication. Objective: It most common urological emergency hospitals. study aimed evaluate complications of retention. Material Methods: This prospective hospita...

An 87-year-old woman was hospitalized for post-fall syndrome. Even though there was improvement in the post-fall syndrome, she had urinary retention, associated with fecaloma. Urinary catheterization showed acute urinary retention of 500mL. Urine microscopy and culture showed a resistant Escherichia coli strain. Given the absence of both clinical signs (apart from urinary retention) and inflamm...

To investigate whether prostatic calculi might influence the urinary retention (UR) probability, the quality of life (QOL) and the positive rate of cancer after prostate biopsy in middle-aged and old male with PSA higher than normal. This study comprised a retrospective analysis of data from 685 patients (prostatic calculi group 325 VS non-prostatic calculi group 360), those who had undergone t...