title: Case report: a novel and easy technique to remove stitched urethral foley catheter after radical retropubic prostatectomy.
abstract: The inability to remove a urethral catheter because of inadvertent stitching or entrapped sutures after radical retropubic prostatectomy is rarely reported in the literature. Various methods are recommended to solve this problem. Here, we discuss a method developed by using a pediatric optical urethrotome to remove endoscopically a Foley urethral catheter that was encircled by a vesicouretheral anastomotic suture.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Yildirim Beyazit Training Hospital, Third Urology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sagnak
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozok
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karakoyunlu
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*