title: Cope drainage catheter: adding side holes without cutting the retention thread.
abstract: The retention thread of the Cope loop drainage catheter may be accidentally broken when additional side holes are cut into the catheter. We describe a simple technique of adding side holes which avoids this frustrating and expensive problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Gibney
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fache
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burhenne
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans