Lamblin G, et al. - In order to determine risk factors for postpartum urinary retention (PUR) so that prompt management could be provided, researchers conducted a retrospective, comparative, case-control study, including two groups of 96 patients who delivered vaginally, at the Women and Children’s University Hospital in Lyon, France. Patients with postpartum urinary retention comprised the first group and those without PUR comprised the second group. As per logistic regression analysis, independent risk factors associated with PUR are instrumental delivery, absence of spontaneous voiding before leaving the delivery room, no intact perineum and vulvar edema or perineal hematoma. They recommend considering these factors as soon as delivery is over in order to implement appropriate management.