Postoperative urinary retention after general and spinal anesthesia in orthopedic surgical patients

Conclusion Urinary retention is more common after spinal than general anesthesia in orthopedic patients. Adding narcotics to the local anesthetics intrathecally causes more incidence of postoperative urinary retention, which may delay patients discharge and transabdominal ultrasonography is a reliable, noninvasive, inexpensive and simple method to measure bladder volume postoperatively.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research