Razi Journal of Medical Sciences

    The present study was undertaken to compare complications of folly catheter removal 24 hours versus 72 hours after cystocele repair and Kelly plication. A randomized clinical trial study was performed in Shahid Akbar Abadi Hospital on 83 patients with cystocele repair and Kelly plication due to stress urinary incontinence. The patients were divided randomly into two groups. In 34 patients folly catheter was removed 24 hours after the operation of cystocele repair and Kelly plication and in 49 patients after 72 hours. The complications after catheter removal including dysuria, supra pubic pain, urinary retention and urinary infection were compared in two groups. The patients in two groups were similar in terms of age, parity and cystocele grading. The complications (including dysuria, supra pubic pain, urinary retention and urinary infection) did not statistically show any significant difference between two groups. In conclusion, folly catheter removal 24 hours after cystocele repair and Kelly plication do not have any significant adverse effects and reduce hospital cost, hospital stay duration and the risk of infection.