[Risks of suprapubic urine drainage using the Cystofix catheter]

In most cases suprapubic urinary diversion preferable to transurethral diversion, primarily because of the minimal risk of infection and avoidance of trauma to the urethra. There are nearly no complications provided careful handling and attention to contraindications. We have had serious complications in a few cases. These observations give us good reason to use an exact punction technique in order not to bring a good method that is otherwise free from complications into discredit.