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In a carefully controlled prospective randomized study of 500 patients, the postoperative catheterization rate following anorectal surgical procedures was dramatically reduced by a combination of severe dehydration of the patients and reorientation of the nursing personnel to delay catheterization until the bladder is distended. The effectiveness of fluid restriction was clearly demonstrated.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 4 to 8, 1975.
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Bailey, H.R., Ferguson, J.A. Prevention of urinary retention by fluid restriction following anorectal operations. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 250–252 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590913
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590913