It’s not uncommon to have trouble urinating after surgery. While most cases of postoperative urinary retention resolve on their own, you may need to temporarily use a catheter or take medication to ...

Urinary retention—the complete inability to urinate—can occur after surgery and may be chronic or acute. Symptoms include discomfort in the bladder area, lower abdominal pain, trouble starting to pee, ...

Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was common following inguinal hernia surgery in an international cohort study. Among 4,151 adults across 32 countries, incidence of needing bladder decompression ...

Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used to help empty the bladder. A catheter can be passed through the urethra or through a surgical channel in the skin to the bladder, after which ...

Bladder stones are a common urological condition that develops when minerals in concentrated urine crystallize and form ...

Background Secondary urethral stone although rare, commonly arises from the kidneys, bladder or are seen in patients with urethral stricture. These stones are either found in the posterior or anterior ...

Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Current use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of acute urinary retention (AUR), an epidemiological study has found [ 1] ...