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Unusual Complication of Suprapubic Cystostomy in a Male Patient with Tetraplegia: Traction on Foley Catheter Leading to Extrusion of Foley Balloon from Urinary Bladder and Suprapubic Urinary Fistula – Importance of Securely Anchoring Suprapubic Catheter with Adhesive Tape or BioDerm Tube Holder

Suprapubic cystostomy is recommended to patients with neuropathic bladder to prevent complications of long-term urethral catheter drainage. We present a 50-year-old male patient with tetraplegia who had long-term urethral catheter drainage. Following flexible cystoscopy, he developed a urine leak fr...

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Autores principales: Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Hughes, Peter L., Soni, Bakul M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17891318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.253