Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Planned for elective surgery for any reason (benign, malignant, or indeterminate lesion) with either an open or minimally invasive approach (hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and colorectal operations)
- * Male and age ≥50 years
- * Deemed physically fit for surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Inability to obtain informed consent
- * Age \<50 years
- * Female
- * Baseline creatinine \>1.5x upper limit of normal
- * Tamsulosin therapy as a home-medication
- * Procedure involving the prostate, bladder, ureters, or kidneys
- * Planned Foley catheter removal on the same day of surgery
- * Planned nasogastric tube retention on postoperative day 1
- * Individuals taking daily phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors (due to the risk of symptomatic hypotension if given with tamsulosin)
Ages Eligible for Study:
50 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: MALE
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No