Conversion to intermittent self-catheterization simplified

Patients with indwelling catheters often resist conversion to intermittent self-catheterization because they fear urine leakage between catheterizations. We have taught our male patients to catheterize themselves through the lumen of an external condom catheter, which they wear until they achieve continence and feel safe with the new method. We herein report on the effectiveness of this approach to conversion to self-catheterization.