Removal of ovarian cysts usually involves insertion of a urinary catheter for 1 day, depending on the patient’s condition.
The anesthesia for ovarian cyst removal is usually lumbar anesthesia or continuous epidural anesthesia. After the operation, due to the effect of anesthetic drugs and the pain of the abdominal wound, the patient may have difficulty in urination, so it is necessary to retain the urinary catheter to help the patient urinate. Generally, after 1 day, the anesthesia drug metabolism is completed, the patient’s wound pain is reduced, then you can remove the urinary catheter, so that the patient can urinate on their own.
Some patients are weaker and have slower postoperative recovery, which may prolong the time of inserting the urinary catheter, or some patients have difficulty in urinating after removing the urinary catheter, so they need to re-insert the urinary catheter.
The exact duration of urinary catheterization after ovarian cyst surgery should be decided by the clinician according to the patient’s postoperative recovery and other conditions.