Urinary Retention Postpartum

From: Dr. Ainsworth (ainsron@sbcglobal.net)
Fri Apr 16 16:33:35 2004


I saw a patient recently who was delivered by another physician, CLE, prolonged 2nd stage, VE assisted delivery. She had postpartum urinary retention, requiring a foley catheter until discharge. When the catheter was removed on the second postpartum she was sent home. 3d later she saw me for incontinence, she had a residual of >4000cc. It has now been 4wks, she is still doing intermittent self-catheterization, voiding 50-100cc, residuals of 150 to 400cc. What is her prognosis for normal voiding? Anyone have any experience with similar situations? When I discussed this with a urogynecologist, he felt she will never void normally, saying that overdistention to that degree will cause permanent damage to the small nerve endings in the bladder. Thanks. Ron




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