CASE REPORT
Urinary Retention Secondary to Colpocleisis: A Case Report
Elena Soto-Vega1, Yunam Cuan-Baltazar1, Arturo García-Mora2, Carlos Arroyo1, 3, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 8
First Page: 8
Last Page: 11
Publisher ID: MEDJ-8-8
DOI: 10.2174/1874220302108010008
Article History:
Received Date: 12/8/2020Revision Received Date: 1/2/2021
Acceptance Date: 15/2/2021
Electronic publication date: 24/08/2021
Collection year: 2021
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is common in older women, and depending on its extent, it is conservative or surgically treated. Colpocleisis is a technique for POP treatment, in which the vaginal canal is closed, entirely or partially, in order to avoid the protrusion of the pelvic structures, with preservation of the urethral meatus in order to preserve normal micturition.
Clinical Case:
We present a case of a 61-year old woman, who 8 years after a colpocleisis, progressed to urinary retention associated with the progressive scarring of the labia, causing the obstruction of the urethral meatus. The patient underwent a labiaplasty with anterior colpoperineoplasty, with complete normalization of her micturition and sexual activity.
Conclusion:
Long term urinary retention complication has not been previously reported in the literature and should be included as a possible adverse event after colpocleisis.
