Suprapubic catheterisation can improve some patients’ quality of life but the insertion procedure, as well as changing and managing the catheter, carry risks of infection and other negative patient ...

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...

Ahluwalia RS, Johal N, Kouriefs C et al. (2006) The surgical risk of suprapubic catheter insertion and long-term sequelae. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 88: 210–3 British ...

Hamid et al 1 present a very interesting article on misplaced suprapubic catheter in a spinal cord injury patient. These authors state that the insertion of a suprapubic catheter can be challenge even ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

A MAN died in a Dublin hospital after his bowel was perforated during the insertion of a catheter, an inquest has heard. Eugene Kiernan (84) of Aughaga, Moyne, Co Longford died at Tallaght Hospital on ...

A catheter is a long, flexible tube that a doctor inserts into a blood vessel and then guides into your heart. Catheter ablation is a way to treat irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmias, like atrial ...

This manuscript synthesizes findings from a multidisciplinary panel following the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to guide standardization of urinary catheter use after transurethral prostate surgery ...