Misdirection of an indwelling urethral catheter in the ureter

A rare complication: misdirection of an indwelling urethral catheter into the ureter.

We report 3 patients with the rare complication of an indwelling urethral catheter misdirected into the ureter. This is the largest series to date. Patients were referred to us for a variety of reasons following exchange of their chronic indwelling urinary catheters. CT in all cases demonstrated the urinary catheters residing in the left ureter. The ages of the patients were 37, 67 and 81 years...

Intraperitoneal Urinary Bladder Perforation Observed in a Patient with an Indwelling Urethral Catheter

This report describes a rare case of an 86-year-old man with an indwelling urethral catheter who developed severe abdominal pain and was diagnosed with intraperitoneal urinary bladder perforation. A home-visiting nurse suspected catheter obstruction and performed a catheter exchange. However, bladder irrigation could not subsequently be performed. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis a...

Indwelling Small Pleural Catheter

Study objectives: To evaluate the clinical safety, efficacy, and cost of a small indwelling pleural catheter (7F, Turkel Safety Thoracentesis System [Sherwood, Davis, and Geek; St. Louis]) vs repeated needle thoracentesis or closed tube thoracostomy as a means to drain a large-volume pleural effusion. Setting: Inpatients in a tertiary care university teaching hospital in urban Chicago. Design: ...

Care of the patient with an indwelling catheter.

Severe indwelling urinary catheter-associated urethral erosion in four elderly men.

Medical devices often are overlooked as a potential cause of pressure ulcers. Indwelling urinary catheters have been described as a cause of urethral erosion. In men, the resultant partial-thickness or full-thickness wound can involve a small area of the glans penis or cleave the glans or penile shaft, requiring reconstructive surgery or urinary diversion. During a 3-month period, four elderly...