Re: tention after Pereyra procedure

From: Michael J. Wolpmann, MD (elvisdoc@comcast.net)
Thu Feb 27 16:59:48 2003


I would wonder if both your sutures are truly cut. I would also vote for giving this more time before reoperation. A suprapubic catheter will help you get her to go along with this, then would wait 8-12 weeks before takedown.

good luck,

Michael

At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Mario Colombo, MD wrote: >
>Dear urogynecologists of the list, I have a case for you.
>
>On January 21, I performed a standard vaginal operation for advanced uterovaginal prolapse and potential stress urinary incontinence in a 64-year-old patient: VH, BSO, McCall culdoplasty, Pereyra suspension, and anterior colporrhaphy (no posterior repair because the woman was sexually active with no rectocele). Preoperatively her bladder was stable, she had a positive stress test result with prolapse repositioning, her urethra was hypermobile by the Q-tip test and she had a normal urethral profilometry at rest with microtransducers. Before being operated the patient regularly emptied her bladder with no residual urine.
>
>She was sent home on postoperative day (POD) 5 with self-intermittent catheterism (spontaneous voiding was totally absent). On POD 14 I removed the right Pereyra suture under local anesthesia as an outpatient office procedure. Chronic retention of urine was not resolved. On POD 23 I removed the second (left) Pereyra suture and performed a mild urethral dilation with Hegar dilators (untill number 10), but the situation did not change.
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>Today is POD 37 and the patient is still on self-catheterism because she doesn't even void a single drop of urine spontaneously. Urethral catheterization seems absolutely normal (apparently, no obstacle is encountered). I think that I will hospitalize the woman next week to perform a vaginal urethrolisis under general anesthesia. I don't really see at this point what other I could do to resolve her condition. I never had a case like this before.
>
>I will thank you very much for your advices and suggestions.
>
>--
>Mario Colombo
>Urogynecology Unit
>San Gerardo Hospital
>Monza
>Italy
>

--
Michael J. Wolpmann, MD, FACOG, FACS
The Women's Centre at Bayside Gynecology
Venice, Florida




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