Urinary Retention Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effects of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia and Surgery on Lower Urinary Tract Function: A Randomized, Controlled Study
Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is one of the most common complications after surgery
and neuraxial anesthesia of which the treatment of choice is bladder catheterization 1. It
has been a common practice to place an indwelling catheter in the bladder in patients
receiving epidural analgesia and to leave the catheter as long as the epidural analgesia is
maintained despite a lack of evidence supporting this approach.
Transurethral catheterization is associated with significant morbidity such as patient
discomfort, urethral trauma and urinary tract infections (UTI). Prolonged catheterization is
the primary risk factor for catheter associated UTI (CAUTI), which is one of the most common
nosocomial infections and can prolong hospitalisation 2. For this reason there is a growing
focus on limiting the duration of catheterization and finding methods to avoid unnecessary
catheterization in perioperative medicine 3,4.
Lower urinary tract function depends on coordinated actions between the detrusor muscle and
the external urethral sphincter. Motorneurons of both muscles are located in the sacral
spinal cord between L1 and S4. Most afferent fibers from the bladder enter the sacral cord
through the pelvic nerve at segments L4-S2.
Because epidural analgesia can be performed at various levels of the spinal cord, it is
possible to block only a portion of the spinal cord (segmental blockade). Based on the
innervation of the bladder and sphincter between L1 and S4 it can be assumed that epidural
analgesia within segments T4-6 to T10-12 has no or minimal influence on lower urinary tract
function.
In a previous study, we found, against our expectations that thoracic epidural analgesia
(TEA) significantly inhibits the detrusor muscle during voiding, resulting in clinically
relevant post-void residuals which required monitoring or catheterisation 5. Because the
study adopted a before-after design, we could not definitively identify the mechanisms
responsible for this change in bladder function. In particular, we could not determine
whether TEA per se or surgery was the main cause. Concerning TEA, it remains unclear which
compounds of the solution, the local anesthetic, the opioid or both are responsible for the
observed changes in lower urinary tract function.
The aim of this study is to compare lower urinary tract function before and during TEA with
two different epidural solutions (group 1: bupivacaine 1.25 mg/ml vs group 2: bupivacaine
1.25 mg/ml combined with fentanyl 2 µg/ml) within segments T4-6 to T10-12 for postoperative
pain treatment in patients undergoing lumbotomy for open renal surgery.
We expect that a better understanding of lower urinary tract function during TEA could lead
to a more restrictive use of indwelling transurethral catheters perioperatively.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 40 |
Est. completion date | November 2011 |
Est. primary completion date | November 2011 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Written informed consent - Open kidney surgery with lumbotomy - Thoracic epidural analgesia - International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) < 7 - Preoperative residual urine volume < 100ml Exclusion Criteria - Contraindications to epidural analgesia or refusal - Preoperative residual urine volume > 100ml - International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) > 7 - Pregnancy |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)
Country | Name | City | State |
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Switzerland | Dep. of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Bern, 3010 Bern,Switzerland | Bern | BE |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University Hospital Inselspital, Berne |
Switzerland,
Baldini G, Bagry H, Aprikian A, Carli F. Postoperative urinary retention: anesthetic and perioperative considerations. Anesthesiology. 2009 May;110(5):1139-57. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31819f7aea. Review. — View Citation
Wuethrich PY, Kessler TM, Panicker JN, Curatolo M, Burkhard FC. Detrusor activity is impaired during thoracic epidural analgesia after open renal surgery. Anesthesiology. 2010 Jun;112(6):1345-9. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181d4f4fe. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Difference in post-void residual between bupivacaine (group 1) and bupivacaine-fentanyl (group 2) after surgery on day 2 or 3, depending on patient mobilisation. | day 2 or 3 after surgery | Yes | |
Secondary | Difference in post-void residual before and after surgery under segmental blockade. | day 2 or 3 after surgery | Yes | |
Secondary | Difference in secondary outcomes (see 2.1.2.) between group 1 and group 2 before surgery | day 2 or 3 after surgery | Yes | |
Secondary | Difference in secondary outcomes (see 2.1.2.) before and after surgery under segmental blockade. | day 2 or 3 after surgery | Yes |
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