Cardosi et al. (A-12) performed a 4-year retrospective review of 102 women undergoing radical hysterectomy for cervical or endometrial cancer. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection was observed in 12 of the subjects. Below are the numbers of postoperative days until diagnosis of the infection for each subject experiencing an infection.

16 10 49 15 6 15 8 19 11 22 13 17 Source: Richard J. Cardosi, Rosemary Cardosi, Edward C. Grendys Jr., James V. Fiorica, and Mitchel S. Hoffman,

“Infectious Urinary Tract Morbidity with Prolonged Bladder Catheterization After Radical Hysterectomy,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 189 (2003), 380–384.