The effects of clamping on the micturation time and the amount of urine before removing the indwelling urinary catheter

This research was made to examine the effect of clamping on the micturation time and the amount of urine before removing the indwelling urinary catheter. The sample consists of 60 patients who had undergone a total knee arthroplasty and total hip replacement surgery at Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital. Data were collected between the date of March 25, 2016 and December 21, 2017. Sixty patients who were randomized according to the age group and gender were included in the study. After receiving request to removal the indwelling urinary catheters in patients in the experimental group, the patient's indwelling urinary catheter was clamped twice for 3 hours for urine to accumulate in the bladder and clamping was performed at each clamping interval and urine flow was provided for 5 minutes. In the control groups patients, the catheter was removed without clamping. After removal of the catheter, the amount of urine in the first urine was measured and the first micturation time was calculated as minutes. In analysis of the data Chi-Square test and Mann Whitney U test was used. As a result, it was determined that the clamping does not affected the micturation time and the amount of urine before the indwelling urinary catheter was removed. The catheter clamping should not be applied before removing the indwelling urinary catheter, in patients who had undergone a total knee arthroplasty and total hip replacement surgery. Key Words: Clamping; urinary catheterization; nursing