Indwelling Urinary Catheter-Related Problems After Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine occurrence rates of catheter-related problems and their association to pertinent clinical characteristics in men with indwelling urinary catheters following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Study Design: Descriptive, correlational study.

Subjects And Setting: One hundred twelve men who underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy between December 2010 and December 2012 at the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands were included in this study.