The Effect of Urethral Catheterisation on Serum Prostate- Specific Antigen Levels in Male Patients with Acute Urinary Retention.
10.3349/ymj.2003.44.4.676
- Author:
Kubilay ERDOGAN
1
;
Mesut GURDAL
;
Ali TEKIN
;
Sinan KIRECCI
;
Feridun SENGOR
Author Information
1. Department of First Urology Ward, Haydarpasa Numune State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. kubierdogan@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Clinical Trial ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Prostate-specific antigen;
urinary retention;
urinary catheterisation
- MeSH:
Acute Disease;
Aged;
Aged, 80 and over;
Human;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Prostate-Specific Antigen/*blood;
*Urinary Catheterization;
Urinary Retention/*blood/*therapy
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2003;44(4):676-678
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Urethral catheterisation is often used in acute urinary retention (AUR). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of urethral catheterisation on serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men with AUR. Our study subjects comprised 35 men with a mean age of 63.7 +/- 7.35 years (range 55-80) who presented with AUR at our department between March 1999 and June 2000. Patients were randomly divided into two groups; 18 patient sunderwent urethral catheterisation in the first group (catheterisation group), while 17 underwent suprapubic percutaneous cystostomy in the second group (cystostomy group). Serum PSA levels before manipulation, and 2 and 12 hours and 7 days after treatment were determined. The change in median PSA values after manipulation was statistically significant in the catheterisation group (p< 0.05), but not in the cystostomy group (p> 0.05). The change in serum PSA was not clinically important in any of the patients. These results suggested that urethral catheterisation did not cause a significant alteration in serum PSA in men with AUR retention.
