Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right Ureter
We report a case of unilateral hydronephrosis following urethral catheterization in a patient with T6 complete paraplegia at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department in a tertiary care teaching hospital, India. Diagnosis was established by an abdominal ultrasound. The misplaced catheter t...
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| description | We report a case of unilateral hydronephrosis following urethral catheterization in a patient with T6 complete paraplegia at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department in a tertiary care teaching hospital, India. Diagnosis was established by an abdominal ultrasound. The misplaced catheter tip was withdrawn from the ureteric orifice and hydronephrosis was resolved. Foley's catheterization, a widely practiced clinical procedure, is not without its attendant risks of an inadvertent placement in the ureter leading to transient hydronephrosis. Inadequate drainage through a catheter should thus alert one to this potentially hazardous complication that can be diagnosed by an early ultrasound. This complication can be avoided by gently tugging on the catheter after inflating the catheter bulb. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-87c09d79b5f444e9a73d35cdbb56e03c2025-08-20T02:09:24ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2005-01-01536736910.1100/tsw.2005.45Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right UreterJacob George0George Tharion1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaWe report a case of unilateral hydronephrosis following urethral catheterization in a patient with T6 complete paraplegia at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department in a tertiary care teaching hospital, India. Diagnosis was established by an abdominal ultrasound. The misplaced catheter tip was withdrawn from the ureteric orifice and hydronephrosis was resolved. Foley's catheterization, a widely practiced clinical procedure, is not without its attendant risks of an inadvertent placement in the ureter leading to transient hydronephrosis. Inadequate drainage through a catheter should thus alert one to this potentially hazardous complication that can be diagnosed by an early ultrasound. This complication can be avoided by gently tugging on the catheter after inflating the catheter bulb.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.45 |
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| title | Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right Ureter |
| title_full | Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right Ureter |
| title_fullStr | Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right Ureter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right Ureter |
| title_short | Transient Hydroureteronephrosis Caused by a Foley's Catheter Tip in the Right Ureter |
| title_sort | transient hydroureteronephrosis caused by a foley s catheter tip in the right ureter |
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