Post-TURP swelling and catheter
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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 Dinsdale
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bernie82609 Dinsdale
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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 Dinsdale
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nktoronto Dinsdale
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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 nktoronto
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kenneth1955 Dinsdale
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Waffalobill kenneth1955
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kenneth1955 Waffalobill
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Waffalobill kenneth1955
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kenneth1955 Waffalobill
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Pepasan Dinsdale
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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 Pepasan
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