Prevalence and outcome of urinary retention after laparoscopic surgery for severe endometriosis—does histology provide answers?
This study found that 4.6% of patients experienced urinary retention after laparoscopic endometriosis surgery, with no difference in nerve quantity in resected specimens between cases and controls, and older age was a risk factor for persistent retention.
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This retrospective cohort study evaluated urinary retention after radical laparoscopic surgery for severe endometriosis in 221 patients, comparing those who developed urinary retention with matched controls using standardized immunohistochemistry to quantify nerves in resected specimens. Urinary retention occurred in 4.6% (10 patients), and there was no difference between cases and controls in the quantity of nerves present in the resected tissue. The cumulative probability of overcoming urinary retention reached 50% after 5.6 months, and age was identified as the main risk factor for persistent retention. This paper is centrally about endometriosis—specifically the prevalence and outcome of urinary retention after radical laparoscopic surgery and whether histologic nerve burden explains it.
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