[Experience with bladder drainage following gynecologic operations]

In a retrospective study, the complications of vesical drainage after gynaecological surgery in 2362 cases was analysed. The suprapubical catheter was found to cause less urinary tract infection than the dwelling transurethral catheter. Less intermittent recatheterisation, owing to vesical emptying disorders, was needed after suprapubical catheter. Due to frequent obstruction, the suprapubical catheter had to be removed earlier in some cases. In this study urinary tract infection was more frequently observed after vaginal hysterectomy than abdominal. Regarding the incidence of microorganisms in the urine, we found, that after Caesarean section Staph. epidermidis occurred more frequently, whereas E. coli prevailed in most of the other cases.