Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter

Urethral catheterization is a common procedure among pediatric patients. Intravesical knotting of a polyethylene feeding tube used as a urethral catheter is rare. This report described such a complication in an infant who had urethral catheterization with 5 Fr feeding tube. Removal of the catheter n...

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Main Author: Phichaya Sujijantararat
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spelling th-mahidol.248572018-08-24T09:05:04Z Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter Phichaya Sujijantararat Mahidol University Medicine Urethral catheterization is a common procedure among pediatric patients. Intravesical knotting of a polyethylene feeding tube used as a urethral catheter is rare. This report described such a complication in an infant who had urethral catheterization with 5 Fr feeding tube. Removal of the catheter necessitated cystotomy. This complication is preventable if the feeding tube is inserted only as short as possible to retrieve urine. 2018-08-24T02:05:04Z 2018-08-24T02:05:04Z 2007-06-01 Article Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.90, No.6 (2007), 1231-1233 01252208 01252208 2-s2.0-34347362887 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24857 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=34347362887&origin=inward
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Phichaya Sujijantararat
Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
description Urethral catheterization is a common procedure among pediatric patients. Intravesical knotting of a polyethylene feeding tube used as a urethral catheter is rare. This report described such a complication in an infant who had urethral catheterization with 5 Fr feeding tube. Removal of the catheter necessitated cystotomy. This complication is preventable if the feeding tube is inserted only as short as possible to retrieve urine.
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title Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
title_short Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
title_full Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
title_fullStr Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
title_full_unstemmed Intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
title_sort intravesical knotting of a feeding tube used as a urinary catheter
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