Prospective, Controlled, Randomized Multicentric Study on the Management of the Vesical Catheter in Colon Surgery.

INTRODUCTION: Recommendations for peroperative bladder catheterization remain a controversial issue since it is a procedure that is not without complications. Most of the current suggestions derive from open surgery data that have been extrapolated to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) or Fast-Track programs ranging between 24-48 hours. The objective of the present study is to find the perfect balance with a better degree of evidence than the current one between the reduction of the probing time and the non-increase of the acute retention of urine in the patients operated in a programmed way of laparoscopic colon surgery. Methods: Multicenter, prospective, controlled, randomized non-inferiority study on the management of the bladder catheter in patients undergoing scheduled laparoscopic colon surgery, randomized in two study groups: experimental group (removal of the bladder catheter after surgery ) and control group (removal of the catheter at 24 hours) after the surgical intervention. The main objective of the present study is to reduce the permanence of the bladder catheter trying to find the balance of the probing time and the non-increase of the acute retention of urine in the patients operated in a programmed way of laparoscopic colon surgery As secondary objectives we will consider the decrease in the incidence of urinary tract infections within the first 30 days as well as the reduction in hospital stay and morbidity related to the bladder catheter.