An Unusual Complication of Suprapubic Catheter Migration into the Left Ureter

Wang Shuaibin1, Mu Haiqi2, Feng Qin2

  • 1Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, People's Republic of China. wangshuaibin803@163.com.

Urology Journal
|February 22, 2018
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