Active clinical trials for "Urinary Retention"

Catheter-associated urinary infections are the most common hospital-acquired infections and can be prevented by early catheter removal. This study evaluates tamsulosin to reduce the failure of early catheter removal has been studied in elderly women hospitalized for an acute condition and experiencing acute urinary retention: 448 women 75-year old or more without an anatomical or neurological cause of urinary retention will be randomized to a 6 days course of tamsulosin 0.4 mg or placebo. Catheter removal will be attempted after the third dose of tamsulosin and the need to replace another catheter within 72 hours will define a failed attempt.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dutasteride at reducing relapse rates of Acute Urinary Retention (AUR), including reduction in surgical intervention for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), in patients who receive a 6 month treatment of dutasteride (0.5mg once daily) following a single episode of AUR followed by successful Trial Without Catheter compared with placebo.

This is a double-blinded randomized controlled trial of perioperative use of tamsulosin to prevent postoperative urinary retention in female pelvic reconstructive surgery undergoing same-day discharge with an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol.

The non-invasive bladder emptying device (NIBED) is a handheld medical device that is applied to the penis during urinating to aid bladder emptying in urinary retention patients with increased residual urine volume. This pilot study primarily seeks to determine the safety of the NIBED. Secondary objectives are to assess the efficacy of the NIBED, which is defined as the ability of the medical device to aid or improve bladder emptying, i.e. leads to less residual urine compared to not using the NIBED. During the intervention, the study participant will urinate with and without the NIBED. Safety variables such as penile pain, penile lesions and hematuria will be recorded. Efficacy will be assessed by measuring voided volume, residual volume, voiding time and urine flow rate.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of adjuvant electroacupuncture therapy for the post-stroke patients with urinary retention under conventional treatments, compared with sham electroacupuncture.

The purpose of this study is assess the long-term safety and effectiveness of the InterStim tined lead using a minimally invasive approach.

The primary objective of the study is to investigate if 14 days of treatment with Alfuzosin compared to placebo, will increase the number of patients with satisfying spontaneous voiding after acute urinary retention treated with Clean Self-Catheterization. Furthermore is investigated the safety of the medical treatment and self-catheterization.

A study aimed at characterizing the comparing duration of catheterization for treatment of postpartum urinary retention (PUR) and characterizing short and long-term pelvic floor symptoms in women who have PUR.

Ischemic stroke of the spinal cord is a rare disease accounting for about 1% of all ischemic events in the central nervous system (CNS). In most cases the consequences are catastrophic, with a high rate of severe functional disability and mortality rate up to 30%. Ischemic stroke of the spinal cord can arise from: Dissection of the aorta. Aneurism in the aorta. Atherosclerotic disease of the aorta or vertebral arteries. Spinal surgeries. Spinal AVM. Embolism from cardiac origin. Occlusion of radicular artery. Onset is usually sudden, reaching maximal intensity in hours until the patient becomes paralyzed in two or in all four limbs. In most cases the damage is in the Anterior Spinal Artery (ASA). The disease is expressed with motor weakness accompanied by disturbance of temperature and superficial sensation, urinary retention or bowel disorder, with preserved position and vibration sense. The differential diagnosis of ischemic spinal cord includes diseases such as acute myelitis of the spinal cord or acute demyelinating polyneuropathy like Guillan Barree Syndrome (GBS). Therefore in order to reach the appropriate diagnosis in most cases an urgent MRI of the spinal cord is necessary upon arrival in the emergency department. One of the treatments to acute ischemic stroke is providing thrombolysis. As tested and validated in numerous studies for ischemic events in the brain, until today no validated study in ischemic spinal stroke using thrombolysis has been completed.

The purpose of the study is to compare two alpha blockers, terazosin and doxazosin GITS, in achieving a successful TWOC after AUR due to BPH, among Chinese males in Hong Kong, and in delaying or avoiding a TURP.