Complications of external condom drainage

As a result of recent advancements in urodynamic evaluation of male patients with spinal cord injury and improvement in medico-surgical treatment of bladder and sphincter, a high percentage of SCI patients are catheter free and on external condom drainage. However, the improper application of a condom in more than 15 per cent of these patients has caused a variety of complications, some of them very serious. Therefore, the common complications of condom application are described and illustrated. Also, the treatment of those complications are discussed and in particular the preventive measures are presented, and the importance of the stressed.