An easy technique for removal of knotted catheter in the bladder: percutaneous suprapubic cystoscopic intervention.
Uncontaminated urine samples are indispensable to precisely diagnose urinary tract infections in new-borns or infants. Among many clinical interventions for urine collection are described, the most common noninvasive practice is using sterile bags, associated with significant contamination of samples. In children, however, invasive methods i.e. catheterization, are generally needed for reliable urine specimens. Almost always all the inserted catheters are easily drawn back, nevertheless, might not work as expected, and lead to considerable problems that cannot be overcome. Herein, a case of a female newborn treated with a successful percutaneous suprapubic cystoscopic procedure for extracting knotted urinary catheter in the bladder is presented. The least invasive and easiest technic is suggested to be used when catheter is knotted in the bladder, as elaborately stated.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Duzce Duzce, Turkey.
Aybars
A
Ozkan
Mesut
M
Okur
Murat
M
Kaya
Ramazan
R
Büyükkaya
Ali Osman
AO
Katranci
Adem
A
Kucuk
Knotted urethral catheter; percutaneous cystoscopy; urinary catheterization