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Urogynecology (Expert Forum)
Bladder pain after surgery
Answered by
Lennox Hoyte, M.D. - UroGynecology, Pelvic Surgery
USF College College of Medicine
Tampa - FL
Questions in the Urogynecology forum are answered by medical professionals affiliated with USF Health. Topics covered include overactive bladders, bladder pain, fallen/drooping bladder, bowel urgency, bowel prolapse, cystitis, incontinence, pain with intercourse, rectal prolapse, surgery, urinary urgency, and uterine prolapse.
Bladder pain after surgery
by krp74, Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM
3 weeks ago, I had a laparotomy with severe adhesions to my left ovary (which I lost) to my bowel and bladder. Everything was "unstuck" and I also lost half my rt. ovary and appendix. All of this was done for pain and the known endometrioma I had on my rt. ovary.
Fast forward 3 weeks, and I still have horrible pain when my bladder is full, as well as when I urinate. It's not an infection (it's been checked), as I'm currently on heavy antibiotics (at home on IV) for a post-op infection. Since clearing up the infection has taken center stage, I've just assumed the bladder pain was due to the adhesions being cut away. Is this a good/bad assumption? Basically, I don't know how long pain from the surgery should last. If it's about time the discomfort should be gone, should I call my gyn or my urologist (as I don't have a uro/gyn.) Is it likely that if I went to my urologist she'd do a cystoscopy? That's my fear, which is why I haven't already called her. I don't think I could tollerate that right now.
Thank you for any thoughts you might have on this,
KRP, age 32
Fast forward 3 weeks, and I still have horrible pain when my bladder is full, as well as when I urinate. It's not an infection (it's been checked), as I'm currently on heavy antibiotics (at home on IV) for a post-op infection. Since clearing up the infection has taken center stage, I've just assumed the bladder pain was due to the adhesions being cut away. Is this a good/bad assumption? Basically, I don't know how long pain from the surgery should last. If it's about time the discomfort should be gone, should I call my gyn or my urologist (as I don't have a uro/gyn.) Is it likely that if I went to my urologist she'd do a cystoscopy? That's my fear, which is why I haven't already called her. I don't think I could tollerate that right now.
Thank you for any thoughts you might have on this,
KRP, age 32
Doctor's Answer
by Lennox Hoyte, M.D., Jul 15, 2007 12:00AM
, Jul 15, 2007 12:00AM
Sorry to hear about all of your surgery. Bladder pain can sometimes be from the bladder, or it can be referred from the muscles in the pelvic floor. Get your bladder evaluated, and if that turns up negative, it may be time to visit with a pelvic floor physical therapist, who can evaluate your muscles for trigger points, which may be causing your symptoms.
