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Placement of large suprapubic tube using peel-away introducer
R K Chiou1, J J Morton, J S Engelsgjerd
1Urology Section, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
The Journal of Urology
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
We describe a new method for placing a large suprapubic tube and report our experience with 56 patients. This method uses a specially designed fascial dilator and peel-away introducer to place an 18F Foley catheter suprapubically. In our experience the method is simple and effective for the exchange of a small suprapubic tube to an 18F Foley catheter, and for primary placement of a large suprapubic tube. It is easily performed at the bedside or during a minor procedure with the patient under local anesthesia.