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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study patients

From: Postoperative urinary retention: risk factors, bladder filling rate and time to catheterization: an observational study as part of a randomized controlled trial

MBC group

N = 936

Patient data

 Women, no. (%)

493 (53)

 Age, mean (SD), y

47.9 (15)

 Height, mean (SD), cm

176 (10)

 Weight, mean (SD), kg

81.4 (17)

 BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

26.3 (5)

Type of surgery, no. (%)

 Head/neck

209 (22)

 Thoracic/breast

77 (8)

 Spine

33 (4)

 Abdominal

273 (29)

 Extremities

344 (37)

Study data

 MBC, mean (SD), ml

611 (209)

 Residual volume, mean (SD), mL

33 (53)

 Voided before surgery, no. (%)

877 (94)

 Time before surgery, mean (SD), min

59 (48)

 Volume at holding, mean (SD), mL

52 (81)

 General anesthesia, no. (%)

639 (68)

 Spinal anesthesia, no. (%)

297 (32)

 Articaine, no. (%)

235 (79)

 Bupivacaine, no. (%)

62 (21)

 Total volume infused, mean (SD), mL

1,492 (647)

 Procedure time, mean (SD), min

61 (40)

  1. BMI body mass index, MBC maximum bladder capacity, SD standard deviation