Button self-retaining drainage catheter.
To help improve patient acceptance of long-term internal/external catheter access to the biliary tract in those with benign biliary obstruction, a simple design allows the catheter end to remain flush with the skin. It consists of a clothes button affixed to the drainage catheter with a wood screw after the catheter has been cut off at the skin exit. This button/screw device has been used successfully in 22 patients over the last 10 years; catheter exchanges were easily accomplished.
Caridi
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JG
Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 S. W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610-0374, USA.
Hawkins
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IF
Akins
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Young
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RS
D001659:Biliary Tract; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors