A serious complication of vesical ether instillation: ether cystitis.
We report the fourth case of ether cystitis, which occurred after ether was used to dissolve a Foley catheter balloon. The severity of the lesions required an ileocystoplasty to preserve normal micturition. Ether dissolution of Foley catheter balloons should be replaced with mechanical disruption.
Gattegno
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Clinique Urologique, Hopital Tenon, Paris, France.
Michel
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Thibault
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D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000368:Aged; D003556:Cystitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004986:Ether / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005019:Ethyl Ethers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects
D005019:Ethyl Ethers; D004986:Ether