title: How to manage a urinary catheter balloon that will not deflate.
abstract: On occasion, difficulty will be encountered removing an indwelling urethral catheter. This may be as a consequence of failure of the catheter balloon to deflate. This article reviews the published data on managing the non-deflating Foley catheter balloon, and suggests an evidence-based sequence of interventions to deflate the catheter balloon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Gartnavel General Hospital, G12 0YN, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tolan
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*