title: Suprapubic catheter knotting: an unusual complication.
abstract: We describe a case of true knotting of a suprapubic catheter in a 25-month-old boy who underwent surgery for urethrocutaneous fistula as a complication of a distal penile hypospadias repair. This unusual complication was probably attributable to an excessive length of catheter being inserted into the bladder, thereby allowing it to bend onto itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece. sgardik@med.duth.gr
authors.forename: Stefanos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gardikis
authors.forename: Chrissostomos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soultanidis
authors.forename: Savas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deftereos
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kambouri
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Limas
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaos
authors.forename: Christoshimas George
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Vaos
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Touloupidis
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polychronidis
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simopoulos
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*