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Foley catheter entrapment resulting from the formation of a true knot in a female infant: Sonographic findings
Author(s) -
Bagheri M. H.,
Nabavizadeh S. A.,
Shirazi M.,
Farahmand M.,
As'adi K.,
Mansouri S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20560
Subject(s) - medicine , foley catheter , catheter , entrapment , surgery , foley , urinary bladder , knot (papermaking) , urinary catheter , ultrasound , radiology , chemical engineering , engineering
One of the rarest complications of bladder Foley catheter insertion is knotting of the catheter. We present a case of Foley entrapment secondary to formation of a true knot at the proximal end of the catheter in a 6‐month‐old female infant who was referred to our center for voiding cystourethrograthy. Sonography of the bladder revealed the knotted catheter in the urinary bladder. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2009