Burrowing of urinary bladder wall by the tip of a size 22 Fr silicone foley catheter in an adult male patient with multiple sclerosis and suprapubic cystostomy: should caution be exercised in using a size 22 Fr silicone foley catheter for long-term drainage of neuropathic bladder?

INTRODUCTION: Silicone Foley catheters tend to become stiffer as size of the catheter increases. Whereas the tip of a size 12 French silicone, Foley catheter is soft and flexible, a size 24 French silicone, Foley catheter is distinctly stiff. Chronically inflamed neuropathic bladders are susceptible...

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Autores principales: Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Hughes, Peter L, Mansour, Paul, Soni, Bakul M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2467398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18611260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2467398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18611260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-25

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