title: Bulbous urethral stricture: a rare and grave complication of suprapubic catheterisation.
abstract: We report a very rare complication of bulbous urethral stricture following suprapubic catheterisation (SPC). A 67-year-old paraplegic man underwent SPC for urethral trauma. During SPC, the catheter slipped across the bladder neck into the bulbous urethra where the balloon was inflated. Follow-up retrograde urethrograms showed the gradual evolution of stricture at the same site. This report highlights yet another pitfall of the SPC procedure. We also describe the ways to avoid this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kathpalia
authors.forename: Apul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Swarnendu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Satyanarayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sankhwar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D062885:Urinary Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects