Post operative urinary retention in general surgical ward

Two hundred and fifty consecutive patients who had under gone surgery under spinal and general anaesthesia were studied prospectively to determine the incidence of post-operative urinary retention. The sex and age of the patient did not affect the incidence of retention of urine. The use of long acting spinal anaesthetics and over enthusiastic treatment of post-operative pain with strong narcotic analgesics may be the important factors in post operative urinary retention