Waiting time for male bladder outflow tract surgery
Data were extracted for all patients that had been admitted to hospital
as an emergency admission with a diagnosis of urinary retention (ICD-10
code R33) from 1st January 2014 to
31st December 2018. Only first emergency admissions
were included; subsequent emergency admissions with urinary retention
for the same patient were excluded. These data were then linked to any
subsequent bladder outflow tract procedure (OPCS codes M651, M652, M653,
M654, M655, M658, M659) in the 12 months following the emergency
admission. Only first procedures were counted for those that had more
than one bladder outflow tract procedure in the 12 month period.