Open AccessNeglected Retained Suprapubic Catheter with Varied Management Options: A Case Series
Author(s) -
Venkat Arjunrao Gite,
Shashank Sharma,
Mayank Agrawal,
Vivek Shaw
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of society of surgeons of nepal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-4772
pISSN - 1815-3984
DOI - 10.3126/jssn.v24i2.42839
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , surgery , complication , indwelling catheter , etiology , urinary catheterization , balloon , balloon catheter
Supra-pubic catheterization of bladder is used as a short or long term alternative to per-urethtral catheterization.Some catheter materials are more resistant to encrustation than others. If kept indwelling for longer duration, sooner or later all catheters cause complications like urinary tract infection (UTI), trauma, peri-catheter leakage, non-deflation of balloon, encrustations and stone formations resulting into retained catheter.Stone formation over neglected indwelling catheter is not an unusual clinical scenario and its management depends on etiology of catheter retention and complication.This article discusses etiopathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis and varied management options used for the neglected retained supra-pubic catheter in three cases