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1. Urinary Catheters
DR ZULU G
MODERATOR: DR MITI

2. Definition
 Is a hollow flexible tube used for draining urine from the bladder
 Sized using the the French scale
 1Fr is 0.33mm

3. Types
1) Nonself-retaining catheter
2) Self-retaining catheter

4. Types of catheterization
 Indwelling catheterization
- Balloon tip; Foley’s catheter
- Flower tip; Malecot’s catheter,De-Pezzers
- strapping catheter externally; Gibbon’s catheter
 Intermittent catheterization
- Nelaton’s catheter

7. Indications of catheterization
 Therapeutic
- Urine retention
- Urine Incontinence
 Diagnostic
- Bladder rupture
- Renal failure
 Pre-operative and post-op
- For monitoring urine out

8.  Unconsciousness
 Monitoring purposes

9. Complications
 Early
- Traumatic injury to urthra
- Bleeding
 Late
- Infections
- Urethral strictures
- Incontinence
- Paraphimosis
- Blockage

10. References
 Sriram Bhat M (2019) SRB’s Manual of Surgery,6th edition,New Delhi.