Volume : 5, Issue : 9, September - 2016

Use Vs Non use of urinary catheter during LSCS

Shashi Shankar Behera, Susmita Senapati

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Background- caesarean section is a surgery done in our day to day practice and it is customary to put a urinary catheter prior to the procedure. it is associated with increased chance of urinary tract infections, discomfort &amp; delayed ambulation. Objective- to determine the outcome without using urinary catheter during caesarean section Methods- a prospective randomized controlled trial was carried out from January 2015 to December 2015 in the department of obstetrics &amp; gynecology, kalinga institute of medical sciences, Bhubaneswar. Total 300 patients are included in the study. Half of them was catheterized &amp;rest without catheter. Results-there was no significant difference between duration of surgery between two groups. But the group in which catheter was used were associated with sign &amp; symptoms of urinary tract infection (P&lt;0.001).higher incidence of urinary infection in this group determined by microscopic examination &amp; also culture (P&lt;0.001).hospital stay is relatively shorter in nonuser group (P&lt;0.05) Conclusions-caesarean section can be conducted safely with less morbidity if no urinary catheter used</p>