title: Low-profile balloon: superior retention device for catheter drainage of bladder and renal pelvis.
abstract: The Low-Profile Balloon Catheter has been evaluated in more than 60 patients. It is easily placed in the bladder and renal pelvis. The special design of its disk-shaped balloon and large-lumen shaft results in excellent drainage, dependable retention, and a comfortable indwelling drainage tube.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rutner
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*