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Post operative urinary retention
My husband, a 73 year old man with an enlarged prostate had a hip replacement 3 months ago. While the hip is great, he has not peed on his own since the surgery. He is using disposable catheters. He is having a TURP in one week. I guess my question is—how rare is this problem (I have never heard of it lasting this large Ng after surgery). Will the TURP alleviate the problem?
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i had a similar issue, and the thought was to do a TURP operation. However, we did a Bladder test 1st to see if the bladder can push urine out. My bladder was weak, so the choice was to do TURP and try pushing or live with a catheter. In my case i picked Cathing as TURP can have other side effects that I did not want to deal with right now. I am 70 and healthy and very active,,,
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2 Reactions@ellenru I am female (so no experience with prostate issues). Never had a hip replacement either. What I have experienced was a couple of abdominal surgeries about 20 years ago (other long story). These resulted in fairly long periods of catheterization. When the catheters were removed I experienced a period of urine / bladder retention. I was told that my bladder just needed to wake up and start working. I was put on increased fluids and given a supply of adult diapers and disposable bed pads. When it did wake up I had incontinence troubles for a bit. Then I needed a crash course in potty training! I don’t know what TURP is so I recommend asking a lot of questions about all the proposed options available to help you.