Medical and non-medical interventions for post-operative urinary retention prevention: network meta-analysis and risk–benefit analysis

Aims: To assess the efficacy in lowering post-operative urinary retention, urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract symptoms and the incidence of adverse events among 12 interventions and to perform risk–benefit analysis. Methods: Previous randomized controlled trials were identified from MEDLINE, Scopus and CENTRAL database up to January 2020. The interventions of interest included early ambulation, fluid adjustment, neuromodulation, acupuncture, cholinergic drugs, benzodiazepine, antispasmodic agents, opioid antagonist agents, alpha-adrenergic antagonists, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and combination of any interventions. The comparators were placebo or standard care or any of these interventions. Network meta-analysis was performed. The probability of being the best intervention was estimated and ranked using rankogram and surface under the cumulative ranking curve. Risk–benefit analysis was done. Incremental risk–benefit ratio (IRBR) was calculated and risk–benefit acceptability curve was constructed. Results: A total of 45 randomized controlled trials with 5387 patients was included in the study. Network meta-analysis showed that early ambulation, acupuncture, alpha-blockers and NSAIDs significantly reduced the post-operative urinary retention. Regarding urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract symptoms, no statistical significance was found among interventions. Regarding the side effects, only alpha-adrenergic antagonists significantly increased the adverse events compared with acupuncture and opioid antagonist agents from the indirect comparison. According to the cluster ranking plot, acupuncture and early ambulation were considered high efficacy with low adverse events, corresponding to the IRBR. Conclusion: Early ambulation, acupuncture, opioid antagonist agents, alpha-adrenergic antagonists and NSAIDs significantly reduce the incidence of post-operative urinary retention with no difference in adverse events. Regarding the risk–benefit analysis of the medical treatment, alpha-adrenergic antagonists have the highest probability of net benefit at the acceptable threshold of side effect of 15%, followed by opioid antagonist agents, NSAIDs and cholinergic drugs.

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