Between January and June 2001, 22 consecutive patients underwent RRP with a watertight eight-suture (interrupted 2 - 0 PDS) vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) by a single surgeon (CZ) for clinically ...

Although indwelling urethra catheterization is a medical intervention with well-defined risks, such as catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI), studies show that in hospitalized patients ...

Urethral catheterization of the female dog is known to be a challenging procedure. The authors describe a catheterization technique in which they use a rigid endoscope to visualize the canine ...

image: Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in ...

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...

This summary reviews suprapubic bladder aspiration in children, both with and without the use of ultrasound guidance. Familiarity with this procedure is important when neither a clean-catch urine ...

The three-hospital healthcare alliance's "Lines and Drains" EHR analytics project achieved 100% compliance in documentation ...

Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was common following inguinal hernia surgery in an international cohort study. Among 4,151 adults across 32 countries, incidence of needing bladder decompression ...

Background Although indwelling urethra catheterization is a medical intervention with well-defined risks, studies show that approximately 14–38% of the indwelling urethra catheters (IUCs) are placed ...