Postoperative Bladder Filling After Outpatient Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Time to Discharge: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The investigators hypothesize that backfilling the bladder postoperatively will reduce time to spontaneous void and subsequent discharge from the post-anesthesia care unit.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Women aged 18 to 80
• Undergoing planned laparoscopic hysterectomy as a day surgery procedure
Locations
United States
Tennessee
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
RECRUITING
Memphis
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-01-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-01-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 112
Treatments
Experimental: Backfill
Participants will receive 200 mL of room temperature, sterile normal saline instilled retrograde into the bladder at the completion of the surgery prior to Foley catheter removal and the Foley subsequently removed intraoperatively.
No_intervention: No bladder filling
Participants will have the Foley catheter removed intraoperatively at completion of the procedure.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Tennessee