MONTREAL—Patients who received sugammadex to reverse a neuromuscular block for inguinal hernia repair had significantly lower rates of postoperative urinary retention (POUR) than those given an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, according to results of a study presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
In a series of 3,345 inguinal hernia repairs, 1.5% of patients who received sugammadex developed POUR compared