Hernia Surgery Urinary Retention

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-01-27
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Investigating whether pre-operative treatment with a selective alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist affects the likelihood of male patients developing post-operative urinary retention following hernia repair.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Health University Medical Center
• Treatments: Tamsulosin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male

• 18 years of age

• Presenting with hernia requiring surgical intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

• Intolerability of tamsulosin or related drugs

• Investigator discretion

• Unwillingness or inability to comply with protocol procedures and assessments