Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Prospective Randomized Trial to Compare Immediate and 24-hours Delayed Catheter Removal Following Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
Brief Summary: Total abdominal hysterectomy is a common gynaecological operation performed worldwide. In Hong Kong, it was the most common gynaecological open procedure done and the number of hysterectomies performed increased by almost 50% in 2004 when compared to 1999. In-dwelling catheter use after uncomplicated abdominal hysterectomy has been the standard method for bladder treatment after the operation. It is traditionally advocated to assess urinary output and to prevent post-operative urinary retention as patients with abdominal wound are unable to increase the intra-abdominal pressure to aid voiding. However, in-dwelling catheters have been associated with increased white cell counts and higher rates of positive urine cultures, and subsequently urinary tract infection can lead to increased morbidity, duration of hospital stay, and overall healthcare cost.

Duration of catheter use post-operatively is generally based on custom rather than evidence-based knowledge and therefore varies considerably. The current practice of the investigators hospital is to leave an in-dwelling catheter in-situ for 24 hours after an uncomplicated open gynaecological surgery. Schiotz et al showed that twenty-four-hour catheterization after common gynaecological procedures was associated with a low rate of voiding problems after catheter removal. Post-operative urinary retention leading to bladder atony may increase the long-term morbidity through increased risk of infection, detrusor instability and voiding difficulties. In-dwelling catheter in the immediate post-operative period will help to combat this problem. However, this has to be balanced against the potential risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infection which varies from 5% to 43% in the published trials.

A prospective randomized study comparing immediate versus delayed catheter removal following hysterectomy showed that delayed removal after operation was not associated with an increased rate of febrile events or urinary tract infections, but a significantly higher subjective pain assessment. The size of the catheter used was 16F which was not the standard 12F that the investigators used in the investigators hospital setting. It is postulated that if a smaller caliber in-dwelling catheter is used, it will not result in an increased subjective pain assessment, and the catheter can be left in-situ for 24 hours without causing increased adverse outcomes but possibly reducing recatheterisation rate post-operatively.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* All women required total abdominal hysterectomy +/- bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for various benign gynaecological diseases in Queen Mary Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

* a known history of neurological disorder
* a known history of urinary incontinence
* women who had recurrent urinary tract infections or positive urine culture (\>105 colony-forming units of an identified single uro-pathogen per milliliter of urine) pre-operatively
* women for whom a complicated procedure was encountered during the hysterectomy in which case in-dwelling catheter had to be kept post-operatively at the surgeon's decision
* women who had spinal anaesthesia as the choice of anaesthesia or received patient-controlled analgesia as post-operative pain relief.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age \> 18
* Competent to consent to participate in trial
* Undergoing colorectal surgery (any resection of large bowel, formation of colostomy, anterior resection, low anterior resection, panproctocolectomy, abdominoperineal resection).
* Receiving epidural analgesia post-operatively
* If male, international prostate symptom score \<20.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous lower urinary tract surgery
* Chronic lower urinary tract disease
* Intermittent self-catheterisation
* Neurogenic bladder
* Urethral catheter inserted \>24 hours pre-operatively
* Presence of pelvic sepsis/abscess at surgery
* Previous trans-abdominal pelvic surgery
* Urethral catheter required for urine output monitoring beyond 24 hours post-operatively
* Presence of enterovesical fistula
* Pre-operative use of medications which alter detrusor function
* Pregnancy
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Competent to consent to participate in trial
2. Patients with rectal cancer who underwent total or tumor-specific-mesorectal excision with colorectal or colonanal anastomosis
3. Elective surgery
4. ASA classification of 1\~3
5. If male, international prostate symptom score \<20.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Combined pelvic surgery(pelvic lymph node dissection, hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, posterior vaginectomy, cystectomy, ureteral double-J stenting, ureterectomy, ureteroureterostomy, prostatectomy)
2. Postoperative complications with a Dindo grade III or more
3. Known urinary disease(end-stage renal disease, benign prostatic hyperplasia, neurogenic bladder, malignancy)
D: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Able to freely give written informed consent to participate in the study and have signed the Informed Consent Form;
2. Males or females, \>18 years of age inclusive at the time of study screening;
3. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class I-III;
4. Infraperitoneal colorectal surgery (open and/or laparoscopic);
5. Elective Surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Mentally incompetent or unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures;
2. Children \<18;
3. No perioperative antibiotics;
4. Past or current urinary tract malignancy;
5. Urinary catheter inserted before surgery;
6. Chronic kidney insufficiency with Creatinine\> 2
7. Diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia
8. Chronic urinary infections
9. Neurogenic bladder
10. History of enterovesical fistula
11. Pregnancy
12. Prior surgery of the lower urinary tract
13. Epidural
14. Perioperative ureteral stents

After randomization:

1. Catheter pulled out inadvertently;
2. Postoperative complications requiring prolonged monitoring of urine output
3. Postoperative complications requiring early reoperation

Answer: A