Prevention of Acute Voiding Difficulty After Radical Proctectomy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Various adrenergic blockers are used for acute voiding difficulty after proctectomy.
Recently, a selective alpha5-adrenergic blocker, Tamsulosin has been reported to have benefit
in reducing urinary symptom score and in reducing the rate of intermittent
self-catheterization for patients with rectal cancer after radical proctectomy.
This study is to evaluate the efficacy of pharmacologic prevention to ameliorate the
incidence of postoperative urinary dysfunction.