title: How to make your patient comfortable and tolerate an indwelling urethral catheter indefinitely.
abstract: A three-way catheter with openings for local anesthetic application allows patients to tolerate urethral catheters indefinitely.
authors.affiliation: Sunnyvale Medical Clinic, Inc., California.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine