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Post-TURP swelling and catheter

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Dinsdale
Dinsdale

Hi. I'm writing about my Dad. He's 83, in good health. He had laparoscopic surgery for his gall bladder a couple of months ago (went fine), and related or not, his enlarged prostate swelled up and he required a catheter to void. He had catheters in for about 10 weeks - they removed it and looked with a scope at one point, but he had to go back in six hours later to have the catheter reinserted. 

He had a TURP two days ago and was discharged from hospital yesterday. Everything was fine - good flow, colour looked right, volume good. However, less than 24 hours later, he had to go to emergency and get a catheter reinserted. He wasn't able to urinate and was in considerable pain. 

Has anyone else experienced this, and what happened? Could it just be temporary post-op swelling, or something else? If it was temporary, how long did it take to subside?

Thanks.

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  • glenn77
    glenn77 Dinsdale

    Posted

    I had almost the exact same thing happen.  I had Green Laser TURP on a Thursday and was released with a Foley catheter.  They had me come back in the next day, removed the catheter, and in the middle of he following night, I had acute urinary retention that involved a rush to the emergency department where another Foley was put in.   I was sore and swollen for several weeks, and after the Foley came out, I did some self cathing to get the urine out.  The root cause for me was poor surgery with the GL that left a lot of haning debris that caused on going inflammation.   Good luck to your dad.
  • bernie82609
    bernie82609 Dinsdale

    Posted

    It sounds like remedial swelling. It normally takes 10 days to 2 weeks for all the swelling to go down. If his condition hasn't improved by then, more tests are needed.

  • Waffalobill
    Waffalobill Dinsdale

    Posted

    I had a little problem after cath was removed. Debri and blood clot was stuck. Went to docs he cathed me and it pushed it loose so i could void it to get rid of it. Lazy nurses didnt flush cath as instructed. Only 1 did. Other 2 didnt. Flushing gets alot of the chunks out so they dont cause issues.
  • nktoronto
    nktoronto Dinsdale

    Posted

    Hi Dinsdale,

    Questions regarding surgery. Was this laser turp? Did they vaporize the tissues or cut them? I believe laser TURP that vaporizes tissues on touch should have less residual tissues to drain out?

    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill nktoronto

      Posted

      Blood clots was most my issue. If they vaporize the tissue they usually already took a sample? When they did mine the material removed went to the lab for testing. Didnt use laser.

  • kenneth1955
    kenneth1955 Dinsdale

    Posted

    I feel sorry for you father.  When they did his gallbladder they must have touch the bladder.  I think the prostate was fine and it was the bladder that was the problem  They needed to check him out before they rush him into a turp surgery that is very dangerous for any man but someone your fathers age is worst.  Did he have any problem before the gallbladder surgery.  Ken
    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill kenneth1955

      Posted

      I am 53. When they did my TURP it made my bladder mad. 3 months before my 53rd birthday. At his age it wouldnt take much to stop its function. Then it had to learn how to function again. I had to head to the bathroom before i actually had to go or i wouldnt make it. Took a couple weeks or more before i had a little control. Lets just say its a good thing i live out in the country. Couple times i was outside and no way i was making it back into the house.
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Why at 53 would you have a turp to many side effects.  No way in He// would they ever do that to me at any age  Ken
    • Waffalobill
      Waffalobill kenneth1955

      Posted

      Prostate was big for a guy my age what i was told. When i looked it up sites i found gave only slight odds of problems. I have no side effects yet. But pre op symptoms seem to be returning. Have follow up ap next week.
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 Waffalobill

      Posted

      Was that the FIRST THING HE OFFERED.  That all he knew.   Most of the time they work out but over the last few weeks I have read on here that they have to have them 2 or 3 time to clean up the mess that a turp does to you body.  No way they will ever distroy me like that.  My doctor know better.  He only does a turp has a last resort.  I he will never bring it up to me....I jave told him the way I feel.  My PSA was 0.7 and my prostate got smaller since I had my urolift  Ken 
  • Pepasan
    Pepasan Dinsdale

    Posted

    General anaesthetics can cause retention of urine. It's happened twice for me, but I was back to normal after a couple of days.

    • glenn77
      glenn77 Pepasan

      Posted

      Also, certain medications such as pseudoephedrine can temporarily increase prostate volume and restrict urine flow.
    • nktoronto
      nktoronto glenn77

      Posted

      In my case, prednisone and bronchial dilators (inhalers) inflated my prostate size causing complete blockage.

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