This prospective study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of catheter removal on POD 2 versus POD 4 after LRP and its impact on urinary continence outcomes. In this study, 94.7 % of men ...

The purpose of this work was to assess the feasibility of urethral catheter removal 3 days after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). Twenty-two patients who underwent RRP with a watertight ...

A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection examined the effects of delayed central venous catheter removal on outcomes in patients with Gram-negative catheter-related bloodstream ...

It's one of the things about a hospital stay that men loathe, and that infectious bacteria love: the urinary catheter. Now, a new study shows that a less-unpleasant option for male hospital patients ...

Use of alfuzosin 10 mg once daily increases the likelihood of a successful trial without catheter (TWOC) after acute urinary retention (AUR) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according ...

Due to the constantly growing pool of available chemotherapy regimens, the use of central venous catheters (CVCs) has become an increasingly common method of therapy delivery that ensures safe and ...

In summary, both local and systemic factors affect the likelihood of developing a catheter-related thrombosis in patients with cancer. The relative impact of different risks and their interactions are ...

Between March 2012 and September 2014, 125 patients with clinically localized prostate cancer underwent LRP performed by the same experienced surgeon (≥300 LRP cases at study initiation) at Keio ...