The decoy catheter.
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.
Schomer
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Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Mohler
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D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011468:Prostatectomy; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*