title: Acute bladder and small bowel perforation as a complication of Foley catheterization.
abstract: The complications of chronic urethral catheterization are well documented in the medical published data. Chronic urethral catheterization has been demonstrated to cause inflammatory changes within the bladder wall, promoting perforation and small bowel fistualization. In this report, we document the clinical course of a patient who presented with acute perforation of the bladder and small bowel as a result of Foley catheterization. To our knowledge, this is the first documented acute perforation of the bladder and the small bowel during Foley catheterization.
authors.affiliation: North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, The Smith Institute for Urology, NY.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amend
authors.affiliation: North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, The Smith Institute for Urology, NY. Electronic address: bmorganstern@nshs.edu.
authors.forename: Bradley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Morganstern
authors.affiliation: North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, The Smith Institute for Urology, NY.
authors.forename: Simpa S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Salami
authors.affiliation: North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, The Smith Institute for Urology, NY.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, NY.
authors.forename: Oksana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yaskiv
authors.affiliation: North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, The Smith Institute for Urology, NY.
authors.forename: Sammy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elsamra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*