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Does anaesthetic lead to loss of bladder control?
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Yes,...: Temporary loss of bladder control does occur in spinal anesthesia or deep general anesthesia so it's a decent good practice to catheterize surgical patients if the procedure or spinal anesthesia last longer than 4-5 hours. If not, inadvertent bladder over-distention leading to significant bladder muscle weakness may happen; beware.
Answered 4/14/2014
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