Clinical experience with the Kaye nephrostomy tamponade catheter.
Herein, we report our clinical experience with achieving intraoperative hemostasis with the Kaye nephrostomy tamponade catheter. Since June 1990 this device has been used 10 times in 7 patients at our institution; in each patient immediate hemostasis of the nephrostomy tract was achieved.
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Division of Urology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
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D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects*