title: Button self-retaining drainage catheter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 S. W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610-0374, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Caridi
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Akins
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D001659:Biliary Tract; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors