title: The decoy catheter.
abstract: A decoy catheter can prevent traumatic indwelling catheter removal in patients with altered mental status who require temporary bladder drainage. We illustrate the technique in a demented patient who underwent transurethral prostatectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Schomer
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mohler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011468:Prostatectomy; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*