An Unusual Complication of Suprapubic Catheter Insertion

A patient who had a small bowel mesentery perforation following insertion of a suprapubic catheter (SPC) is described. He had no bowel complaints immediately following the procedure, but presented 10 weeks later with insidious onset bowel obstruction due to the kink caused by the catheter. This comp...

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Main Authors: Krishnan Ananthakrishnan, Rajinikanth Ayyathurai, J.K. Chiran, Waliul Islam, Vaikuntam Srinivasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.378
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