As the population ages the prevalence of long-term urinary catheters, especially in the elderly, is going to increase. Urinary catheters are usually placed to manage urinary retention or incontinence that cannot be managed any other way. There is significant morbidity associated with an indwelling catheter. The commonest problems are catheter blockages, infection and bladder stones. These will ...

BACKGROUND Approximately 15% to 25% of all hospitalised patients have indwelling urethral catheters, mainly to assist clinicians to accurately monitor urine output during acute illness or following surgery, to treat urinary retention, and for investigative purposes. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to determine the best strategies for the removal of catheters from patients with a s...

Abstract Background Long-term catheterisation is frequently necessary for patients with retention of urine or intractable incontinence who are unfit definitive treatment being evaluated treatment. In this study, the important factors influencing encrustation indwelling catheters analysed. Methods A total 52 on catheter drainage a period ranging from 1 month to year were taken in study. Patients...