Postoperative Bladder Filling After Outpatient Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Time to Discharge
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-80
SponsorUniversity of Tennessee
About this trial
The investigators hypothesize that backfilling the bladder postoperatively will reduce time to spontaneous void and subsequent discharge from the post-anesthesia care unit.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Women aged 18 to 80
Undergoing planned laparoscopic hysterectomy as a day surgery procedure
Disqualifiers
Women younger than 18 or older than 80 years of age
Undergoing a non-laparoscopic unplanned surgical procedure
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Backfill
Procedure/SurgeryParticipants undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy have the bladder filled with 200 mL saline prior to Foley removal at the end of surgery.
Treatment groups
112 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: BackfillExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: No bladder fillingNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Time to discharge
The time to discharge for each participant, which will be defined as the length of time from surgery completion to discharge from the post-anesthesia care unit, will be recorded.
Time frame
Within 3 days following surgerySecondary outcomes
1
Time to void
The time to void for each participant, which will be defined as the length of time from surgery completion to the time of participant's first voiding event, will be recorded.
Time frame
Within 3 days following surgerySponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov