[Experience with suprapubic urine drainage after gynecologic surgery]

The paper reports on the application of suprapubic bladder drainage in 86 women who had undergone gynecologic operations. After describing the advantages and complications of this method of draining off urine, it is found that, if urine drainage is required over a longer period, in a great number of cases suprapubic urine drainage is to be preferred to the permanent transurethral catheter.