Indwelling catheters are soft, flexible tube that are used to drain urine from bladder to the collection bag. Indwelling catheters are used in urinary retention, urinary incontinence, during surgery, ...

Purpose: It has been proposed that reusable catheters are more cost effective and environmentally sustainable than single-use catheters intended for intermittent catheterization (IC). However, the ...

A three-way indwelling urethral catheter was left in situ for 72 hours for post-operative continuous irrigation. The patient was admitted to the intermediate ... the patient reported at the emergency ...

On the first day, congested blood was mainly drained through the catheter. Intermittent heparin irrigation was required to maintain the blood flow. On days 2 and 3, as the microcirculation improved, ...

Suprapubic catheters should ideally be sited by a urological surgeon, who might want to give the patient a general anesthetic so that the bladder can be distended to facilitate the suprapubic ...