The safety and feasibility of no-placement of urinary catheter after single-port laparoscopic surgery in patients with benign ovarian tumor: A retrospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and safety of no placement of urinary catheter after single-port laparoscopic surgery in patients with benign ovarian tumor.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Patients with benign ovarian tumor who received ovarian cystectomy or oophorectomy via single-port laparoscopic surgery in our department were screened between July 2019 and March 2021. Patients were divided into placement of urinary catheter group or no-placement of urinary catheter group according to whether an indwelling catheter was used after single-port laparoscopic surgery, and length of hospital stay, occurrence of postoperative urinary retention, incidence of urinary tract infection and re-insertion rate of urinary catheters were compared.

RESULTS

There was no significant difference in the rate of urinary catheter re-insertion between the two groups (P = 0.431), but a higher incidence of urinary catheter re-insertion was found in the group of dwelling urinary catheter placement. Simultaneously, there were no significant differences in the rates of urinary tract infection and postoperative urinary retention (1.6% vs 0.6%; P = 0.391 and 4.3% vs 6.9%; P = 0.295, respectively) between the two groups, whereas a significant shorter length of hospital stay was observed in the non-urinary catheter group when compared to the urinary catheter group (4.61 ± 1.40 vs 5.23 ± 1.72; p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

Our retrospective study provided evidence to the hypothesis that no placement of urinary catheter in patients with benign ovarian tumor was safe and feasible after single-port laparoscopic surgery. Meanwhile, avoiding urinary catheter could contributed to decrease in the length of hospital stay and is conducive to the enhanced recovery of patients.