Lost and now found: retained straight catheter for 20 years.
A literature review of PubMed reveals that 1 case report is found of a retained Foley catheter for 3 years. We report a case of a straight catheter lost in the urethra and forgotten for 20 years and its safe surgical removal. The calcified straight catheter was removed through a perineal urethrostomy and incision at the meatus and fossa navicularis. A Foley catheter was inserted easily into the urethra for drainage. At last follow-up, 7 weeks after surgery, the patient was voiding successfully without any difficulties.
Bendaña
Emma Ester
EE
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Trivedi
Deep
D
Marshall
Jonah
J
Messing
Edward
E
D000368:Aged; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D014521:Urethra; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*