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. 2014 Jun 10;2014(6):CD006744. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006744.pub3

Perepanova 2001.

Methods Prospective, randomised, controlled trial.
Participants Patients admitted on an emergency basis with AUR due to benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Interventions Group A: Doxazosin 4 mg
Group B: Placebo
Catheters removed after 12 hours.
Outcomes Number with successful TWOC: A 19/30, B 1/6
Need for further surgery: A10/30, B 5/6
Notes Paper translated from Russian.
Method of randomisation and allocation concealment unclear: 30 patients in Group A, 6 patients in Group B.
Which patient received which surgery unclear.
No statistical analysis was performed on outcomes.

AUR = acute urinary retention
 TWOC = trial without catheter