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[A Foley-type catheter with a steerable tip]
M J García-Matres1, P I Cárcamo, J M Cózar
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Permanent bladder catheterization for medical or social reasons increases the risk of complications, especially urinary infection. We evaluated the usefulness of the balloon catheter with a steerable intravesical tip in reducing the volume of residual urine between the bladder neck and the balloon of the conventional Foley catheter. The results show that this new catheter affords no additional advantage over the conventional catheter.