A comparison of urethral catheterization duration - three weeks versus two weeks after bulbar urethroplasty

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for retrospective (DUC three weeks) and prospective (DUC two weeks) patient groups.

	DUC three weeks	DUC two weeks	p Value*
N	85–100	50
Preoperative characteristics
Age, years [mean (SD)]	41.5 (15.7)	43.6 (18.6)	0.47
Diabetes mellitus [N (%)]	7 (7)	4 (8)	1.00
Current smoker [N (%)]	6 (7)	10 (20)	0.03
Previous open urethroplasty [N (%)]	15 (15)	4 (8)	0.30
Suprapubic catheter [N (%)]	15 (15)	11 (22)	0.36
Urine cultures [N (%)]
No bacterial growth/contamination	78 (82.1)	39 (78)	0.66
Bacteriuria	15 (15.8)	11 (22)	0.37
Urinary tract infection	2 (2.1)	0 (0)	0.55
Unknown
Stricture length, mm [mean (SD)]	20 (13)	16.2 (8.5)	0.06
Type of operation [N (%)]			0.12
Excision and end to end anastomosis	22 (22)	12 (24)
Ventral onlay buccal mucosa graft	38 (38)	27 (54)
Dorsal onlay buccal mucosa graft	38 (38)	10 (20)
Augmented end to end anastomosis	2 (2)	1 (2)

*Comparison of the two groups using the t-test for continuous and Fishers exact test for discrete variables.

Table 2. Extravasation on initial pericatheter retrograde urethrogram (pcRUG) after catheter removal two (prospective group) vs. three weeks (retrospective group).

	DUC three weeks	DUC two weeks	p Value*
N	91–100	48–49
Extravasation on initial pcRUG [N (%)]
No extravasation	78 (78)	37 (75.5)	0.84
Small recess, accepted	18 (18)	8 (16.3)	1.00
Prolonged catheter time	4 (4)	4 (8.2)	0.44
Urine cultures [N (%)]
No bacterial growth/contamination	46 (50.6)	31 (64.6)	0.16
Bacteriuria	34 (37.4)	17 (35.4)	0.85
Urinary tract infection	9 (9.9)	0 (0)	0.03

*Fishers exact test.

Table 3. Reassessment of patient groups three months after surgery.

	DUC three weeks	DUC two weeks	p Value*
N	100	49
Recurrence in need of intervention [N (%)]	4 (4)	1 (2)	0.62
Urinary tract infection [N (%)]	3 (3)	2 (4)	0.73

*Fischer’s exact.