Retained straight catheter: complication of clean intermittent catheterization.
Clean intermittent catheterization is a simple and widely used technique with relatively few complications. A child on intermittent catheterization recently was treated for a retained straight catheter. Removal of the catheter was accomplished by urethral dilation. Proper technique of catheter insertion can prevent this complication.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000628:therapy; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation