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. 1995:175:75-7.

Postoperative urinary retention--why the patient cannot void

T Tammela  1
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  • PMID: 8771280

Postoperative urinary retention--why the patient cannot void

T Tammela. Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl. 1995.

Abstract

The etiology of postoperative urinary retention involves a combination of many factors, including sedation, type of anesthesia, increased sympathetic stimulation, overdistension of the bladder by large quantities of fluids given intravenously, pain and anxiety.

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