Chronic urinary retention in men: How we define it, and how does it affect treatment outcome

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 110; no. 11; pp. 1590 - 1594
• Main Authors: Negro, Carlo L.A., Muir, Gordon H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Bladder; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Excretory system; Humans; LUTS; Male; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Patients; Prostate; Prostatic Hyperplasia - complications; PVR; Retention; Self Care; Studies; Treatment Outcome; Urinary Catheterization - methods; urinary retention; Urinary Retention - classification; Urinary Retention - diagnosis; Urinary Retention - therapy; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Urine; Urodynamics - physiology; Human; Nephrology; Urinary system disease; Prognosis; Male; Urinary tract disease; Urinary retention; LUTS; PVR; Urology; Voiding dysfunction; Chronic; Treatment; Adult; Lower urinary tract symptoms

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Chronic urinary retention (CUR) is a poorly defined entity, as the key element of definition, significant postvoid residual urine volume (PVR), has not a worldwide and moreover evidenced‐based definition. There is no agreement on which i...