Defining small bowel strictures.
BACKGROUND
Strictures of the intestine can be difficult to detect despite current radiological techniques.


OBJECTIVE
To review our experience with a new Foley catheter technique.


METHODS
Three cases are reviewed in which a Foley catheter was used to identify a fibrous stricture.


RESULTS
A Foley catheter with an inflated 10ml balloon inserted through an enterotomy successfully identified the site of stricture in three cases of fibrous stricture obstruction.


CONCLUSIONS
A Foley catheter inserted through an enterotomy is a useful method of identifying fibrous strictures.
Singh
R R
RR
Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Brannigan
A E
AE
O'Sullivan
M J
MJ
Lane
B
B
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014546:Urinary Catheterization