Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Increased age and the volume of intraoperative fluid administered predict urinary retention after elective inguinal herniorrhaphy
Authors' conclusion
We found that increased age and a greater volume of intraoperative fluid administered were significantly associated with the occurrence of POUR.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing elective inguinal hernia repair, 2018–2021 (emergent surgery, recurrent hernia, concomitant operations excluded)included in the analysis
- Participants
- 946 adults
- Exposure
- Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) vs non-POUR
- POURn = 23
- Outcome
- Postoperative urinary retention (POUR)
Methodological detailssingle-centre, multivariate regression
- Single-centre
- Multivariate regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Independent predictors of POUR (multivariate model)
Odds ratio (95% CI)P value
Increased age
1.04(1.01–1.08)
P = 0.049Intraoperative fluid volumeper 100-mL increase
1.12(1.01–1.27)
P = 0.047Per 100-mL increase, as printed
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Age (univariate)
P = 0.012
Intraoperative fluid volume (univariate)
P = 0.040
Benign prostate hypertrophy (univariate)
P = 0.025
- Incidence of POUR
- 2.4% · 23
Original publication
Increased age and the volume of intraoperative fluid administered predict urinary retention after elective inguinal herniorrhaphy. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 19 August 2024. doi:10.
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