Print this page Email this page
Users Online: 3782
Home About us Editorial board Search Ahead of print Current issue Archives Submit article Instructions Subscribe Contacts Login 
CASE REPORT
Year : 2016  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 237-239

Postpartum urinary retention mimicking Fowler's syndrome: A case report


1 Urology Division, Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barrau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State University, Kadunsa, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Dr. M Ahmed
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, ABU/ABUTH, Zaria
Nigeria
Login to access the Email id

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ais.ais_3_17

Rights and Permissions

Urinary retention (UR) is relatively uncommon in women; however, it may occur following childbirth and is termed as postpartum urinary retention (PPUR). PPUR has been variably defined as the abrupt onset of painful or painless inability to completely micturate, requiring urinary catheterization, over 12 hours after giving birth or unable to void spontaneously within 6 hours of vaginal delivery. This is a case of a 22-year-old woman presenting with 12 days history of intractable UR following spontaneous vaginal delivery and repair of episiotomy. The UR persisted despite repeated trial without catheter (TWOC) and bladder training. The absence of an identifiable cause and the failure of the bladder neck to open on micturating cystourethrogram (MCUG) lead to the suspicion of Fowler's syndrome thus the patient was referred to our urology unit. She was seen with an indwelling urethral catheter and there was no significant finding on evaluation except the presence of hard, impacted feces in the rectum. She had rectal enema with evacuation of feces and was able to void spontaneously without catheter. Normal voiding was maintained at 2 months of follow-up.


[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
Print this article     Email this article
 Next article
 Previous article
 Table of Contents

 Similar in PUBMED
   Search Pubmed for
   Search in Google Scholar for
 Related articles
 Citation Manager
 Access Statistics
 Reader Comments
 Email Alert *
 Add to My List *
 * Requires registration (Free)
 

 Article Access Statistics
    Viewed5015    
    Printed247    
    Emailed0    
    PDF Downloaded263    
    Comments [Add]    

Recommend this journal