What Causes Difficulty In Urination Post An Appendectomy?

Posted on Mon, 8 Feb 2016

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Question : Is it normal to have difficulty in unination post appendectomy ?
Our daughter had surgery 72 hrs ago.
Thank you!!

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Its quite common.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

It is common not after the surgery, but after the anesthesia. Especially if she had a spine injection. Some patients after such anesthesia must have catheter inserted to the bladder as they loose the ability to urinate for some time.
It usually resolves by itself.
General anesthesia can be the reason of urinating problems as well.

If she has only burning while urinating, infection can be the case.

You should rather give it some time. It should get back to normal.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar