Phoenix—Age may be just a number, as the saying goes, but when it comes to patients undergoing open thoracic lobectomy, the higher the number the greater the risk for postoperative urinary retention.
In a retrospective review of 38 patients undergoing open lobectomy using patient-, anesthesia- and surgery-specific variables, age was found to be the only significant risk factor for postoperative urinary retention, although benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was nearly