Acute retention from painful prostatitis

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Teaching point

Acute urinary retention secondary to an acutely inflamed/painful prostate (acute prostatitis) is best relieved by a suprapubic catheter, which bypasses the urethra. Urethral indwelling catheterisation is contraindicated as it risks worsening infection/abscess.

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