The kidneys also slow down their function during sleep.
Catheters are the norm during surgery, to measure urine output. I had one during both of my “boob jobs”; both the placement and removal were done while I was under, but I could feel a bit of irritation “down there.”
My anesthetist told me that he’d had to object to a (in his opinion, badly trained) nurse who had joined the conversation. He talks to the patient to listen to the patients breathing and level of awareness. “interesting” is only a side-effect.
As far as I know, there was no catheter for my gallbladder or wrist surgery.
There absolutely WAS one for my hysterectomy. Luckily it was placed after I went to Happyland and removed before I came around - my friend spent a night in the hospital after hers and it was left in overnightl
I had one placed before my c-section of course and that was not delightful. It did lead to my husband having the interesting task of helping to move my pee bag when I was transferring fromr post-op to my regular room.
Replying as I have more info on when a catheter is required: I asked about it before my recent breast surgery which was expected to take 2.5 hours. Doc said it was usually not required if it’s less than 3 hours.
I did NOT have one, as far as I know.
Just a note that this (transsphenoidal resection) is a common method for removing pituitary adenomas and occasionally other kinds of tumors. It’s typically not a super-long surgery, generally in the range of 2-4 hours.
I had a catheter put in for my salpingo-oophorectomy, which is a 45 minute surgery, and it was removed the next morning, along with the two cannulas (one in each hand). I stayed in the hospital for two nights, which is the norm for where I live.
When I checked in for surgery, I was assigned a bed in the recovery room. The bed had my name on it, which matched my bracelet. I walked from that bed to another bed (surgical table?), which was then moved to the anasthesia room. Presumably after that it was moved to the operating room, but I was already out.. After surgery I was moved from the surgical table to my bed in the recovery room. That bed, with me in it, was moved to the regular room, and stayed with me until I was discharged.
Salpingo/oophorectomy: again, makes sense: they want the bladder out of the way.
For my breast surgery 2.5 weeks ago, I was on a gurney in the pre-op area and they wheeled that down to the OR - and wanted me to slide myself onto the operating table. I’ve done that before - but this time, sliding would have required me to use my left hand, which had the IV in in it. Might have been okay, but I’m such a hard stick that I refused to do anything that might have compromised that IV!! I had to argue with the nurses to move the gurney a foot or so away so I could stand up, and move myself that way. They really didn’t want to, mainly I think because it was a different thing than they were used to. For the hyst, I did slide myself, but it was to my right (and again the IV was in the left hand). No clue if I slid myself for the gallbladder or wrist surgeries - I’d been given Happy Juice before, both times, and have no recollection of being moved into the actual OR due to the amnestic effects.
I feel sorry for the staff who had to move my fat ass onto and off of the operating tables in previous surgeries, where I weighed 100 pounds more than I do now. “On three, One, Two, Three, ARGH!!!”. I mean, I know they have 4 people at least doing that, and they’re all pulling on a drape or something underneath, and it’s more of a slide than a lift - but that’s still a LOT of lifting per person.
I’ve got a 12 hour surgery planned for next year and I’m quite certain they’ll do a catheter that (hopefully they can place it after I’m conked as they are unpleasant). I WILL still have it afterward this time - I may not be allowed to walk around at all for many hours afterward.
I have a planning consult for this in about a month. I’ll definitely ask that doc about the doctor-side logistics then (though her part will be early and not nearly as long).
Because it is quite cheap, and stable at room temperature, ketamine is quite popular here in the recesses of the third world. My last major surgery (drunken broken leg, crossing a local road on my way home now over 25 years ago) involved ketamine during surgery. The misplaced walk involved methamphetamine, which was, as you can guess, unwise.
I’ve done it recreationly, which I am probably not allowed to talk about on this board, but I offer this advice: do not do it with anyone who has nasal herpes. Guess what I have?
Ket is probably the most used anesthetic in South Africa, because it is cheap, side affects are few, and shelf stability.