[Incidence of hemorrhage following suprapubic Cystofix puncture using a new trocar-cannula combination--a randomized,...

In this study a new trocar-cannula-unit(10 French) is introduced, which was used in a prospective randomised comparative study in 74 patients for suprapubic bladder punction. Another 75 patients served as controls receiving a suprapubic punction with the standard Cystofix (French 10)-system. In the control-group 9 cases (12%) of macrohematuria occurred. On the other hand we found that the incidence of macrohematuria was reduced to 5 cases (6.8%), when using the new trocar-cannula-unit, which had been developed in our hospitals.