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bladder catheterization
Indications:
- managing urinary incontinence
- overflow incontinence
- obstructive uropathy
- genitourinary surgery
Procedure:
- use of a slender tube inserted through the urethra or through the anterior abdominal wall into the bladder, urinary reservoir, or urinary conduit to allow urine drainage (see indwelling catheters, intermittent catheterization).
Specific
intermittent bladder catheterization (IC, IBC)
General
catheterization
References
- MedlinePlus: Urinary catheters
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003981.htm
- Thangavelu-Veluswamy A
eMedicine (MedScape: Foley Catheter
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/foley_catheter/article_em.htm