Risk of urinary retention after nerve-sparing surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

de Resende JA Júnior, José Anacleto Dutra de Resende Júnior, José Anacleto Dutra de Resende, Cavalini LT, Luciana Tricai Cavalini, Crispi CP, C.P. Crispi, Claudio Peixoto Crispi, Márlon de Freitas Fonseca, Marlon de Freitas Fonseca, de Freitas Fonseca M
Neurourology and urodynamics · 2015 · vol. 36(1) , pp. 57–61 · doi:10.1002/nau.22915 · PMID:26479158 · W1942939544
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This systematic review and meta-analysis found that nerve-sparing surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis significantly reduces the risk of persistent urinary retention compared to classical techniques.

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AIMS: Recently, nerve-sparing (NS) techniques have been incorporated in surgeries for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) to prevent urinary complications. Our aim was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk of urinary retention after NS surgery for DIE compared with classical (non-NS) techniques. METHODS: Following the MOOSE guidelines for systematic reviews of observational studies, data were collected from published research articles that compared NS techniques with non-NS techniques in DIE surgery, with regard to post-operative urinary complications. INCLUSION CRITERIA: randomized clinical trials, intervention or observational (cohort and case-control) studies assessing women who underwent surgery for painful DIE. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: cancer surgery and women submitted to bladder or ureteral resections. The respective relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were extracted and a forest plot was generated to show individual and combined estimates. RESULTS: Preliminarily, 1,270 potentially relevant studies were identified from which four studies were selected. A meta-analysis was performed to assess the risk of urinary retention at discharge and 90 days after surgery. We found a common RR of 0.19 [95%CI: 0.03-1.17; (I2  = 50.20%; P = 0.09)] for need of self-catheterization at discharge in the NS group in relation to the conventional technique. Based on two studies, common RR for persistent urinary retention (after 90 days) was 0.16 [95%CI: 0.03-0.84]. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest significant advantages of the NS technique when considering the RR of persistent urinary retention. Controlled studies evaluating the best approach to manage the urinary tract after complex surgery for DIE are needed. Neurourol. Urodynam. 36:57-61, 2017. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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endometriosisdie_deep_infiltrating

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Endometriosis Gynecologic Surgical Procedures Postoperative Complications Urinary Retention Urinary Retention Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Gynecologic Surgical Procedures Gynecologic Surgical Procedures Gynecologic Surgical Procedures Humans Humans Postoperative Complications Postoperative Complications Urinary Retention Urinary Retention

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