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Use of open-ended Foley catheter to treat profuse urine leakage around suprapubic catheter in a female patient with spina bifida who had undergone closure of urethra and suprapubic cystostomy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Leakage of urine around a catheter is not uncommon in spinal cord injury patients, who have indwelling urethral catheter. Aetiological factors for leakage of urine around a catheter are bladder spasms, partial blockage of catheter, constipation, and urine infection. Usually, leakage of...

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Autores principales: Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Soni, Bakul M, Hughes, Peter L, Singh, Gurpreet
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829871
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6851