Fenestrated urethral catheter to aid anastomotic drainage after radical prostatectomy

✍ Scribed by Nathan Lawrentschuk; Damien M. Bolton; David Angus

• Book ID: 116944582
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 161 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4295
• DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.08.029

✦ Synopsis

A simple technique using a fenestrated urethral catheter to assist in drainage of pericatheter urethral exudates from the anastomosis of the urethra to the bladder neck in radical prostatectomy is described. It is applicable to open and laparoscopic techniques of radical prostatectomy. UROLOGY 65: 160-162, 2005.