Suprapubic bladder drainage and epidural catheters following abdominal surgery-A risk for urinary tract infections?

<h4>Background</h4>Epidural catheters are state of the art for postoperative analgesic in abdominal surgery. Due to neurolysis it can lead to postoperative urinary tract retention (POUR), which leads to prolonged bladder catheterization, which has an increased risk for urinary tract infe...

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Main Authors: Johanna Wagner, Barbara Eiken, Imme Haubitz, Sven Lichthardt, Niels Matthes, Stefan Löb, Ingo Klein, Christoph-Thomas Germer, Armin Wiegering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209825