A Novel, Safe Way of Removing Non-Deflatable Bladder Catheter

Khan, Ziauddin; Khan, Umair; Khan, Imran; Khan, Tahir Naeem

doi:10.4236/oju.2012.24044

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“…Once we have located the ball, we will punctuate it directly by directing a needle through the working channel and we can extract any loose fragments after the puncture. The cystoscopy is removed and the probe is pulled by pulling the silk that we had tied at the cut edge (10). The last option to deflate the balloon is done by hyperinflation with saline above its maximum capacity until its explode (3c).…”

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Algorithm Proposal to Remove a Non-Deflatable Bladder Catheter

Leon-Mata¹,

González-Varela²,

Diaz-Mariño³

et al. 2017

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Objective: Thousands of patients must carry Foley catheter during their hospital stay or at home. Sometimes it is impossible to remove it, due to the inability to deflate the balloon. There is no clear protocol about what to do, who should do it and in what order. We present a proposal for action to face this type of situation. Material and methods: We searched the databases of medical publications (Pubmed, Medline, Embase) using the following keywords: Bladder catheter removal, Non-deflatable, retained catheter, obstructed catheter. Results: Twentyfour articles that fulfilled the requirements of the search were detected. Only ten which propose stteped actions were finally included for review. Discussion: The only standardized proposal for action was published 17 years ago and it has never been updated, probably because these problems are considered "isolated cases". We review the knowledge on the subject and propose an action algorithm that would reduce costs and avoid displacement if this situation arises.

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confidence: 99%