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Is it necessary to catheterise the bladder before laparoscopy?
A W Majeed1, M Plura, S Priest
1Department of Surgical and Anaesthetic Sciences, University of Sheffield, England.
Abstract:
Fifty patients had residual urine measured by catheterisation immediately before laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The median amount of urine in the bladder was 100 ml (range 5-500 ml). This urine volume does not distend the bladder enough to risk inadvertant perforation during insertion of a subumbilical port. Urinary bladder catheterisation is unnecessary before laparoscopy especially if the bladder is impalpable.
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