Effects of continuous urethral drainage in patients with long-term urethral catheter after radical operation for cervical cancer

Objective To explore the effects of continuous urethral drainage in patients with long-term urethral catheter after radical operation for cervical cancer. Methods Totally 100 patients who received radical operation for cervical cancer in Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital between January 2015 and December 2016, were selected and equally divided into the control group and the observation group, according to the random number table. The patients received indwelling urethral catheters post operation. Patients in the control group received convention nursing and the catheters were clipped during ambulation. The urethral catheters were removed on postoperative day 14 when the patients had to urinate after the functional recovery bladder was confirmed by a specially-assigned nurse. Patients in the observation group received continuous urethral drainage on the basis of conventional nursing. The indwelling urethral catheters were not clipped and were removed on day 14 postoperatively. First urine output, residual urine in bladders and replacement of urethral catheters were compared between the two groups. Results There was no significant difference between the two groups in first urine output, residual urine and replacement of urethral catheters (P>0.05) . Conclusions The continuous urethral drainage by indwelling catheters do not increase the incidence rate of uroschesis before they are removed in patients receiving radical operation for cervical cancer and is conducive to the functional recovery of bladders, which is worth promoting in clinical practice. Key words: Uterine cervical neoplasms; Urinary retention; Indwelling urethral catheters; Continuous urethral drainage