using a Foley catheter A 70-year-oldman presented to our emergency department with a history of abdominal pain and bloating and lack of defecation for 3 days. A round, hard foreign body with a smooth surface was palpated on digital rectal examination. The man admitted having introduced a mandarin into the rectum 4 days previously. An attempt at manual extraction of the foreign body was unsucces...

A 51-year-old woman is seen because of burning at the site of entry of a urethral (Foley) catheter. The catheter had been placed perioperatively for a cholecystectomy. No history of genitourinary difficulty or trauma to the area. A urine culture that revealed Escherichia coli led to a diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI), but the relationship between this infection and the physical findin...

OBJECTIVES Urethral injury with partial or complete disruption of urethral integrity can lead to voiding problems and serious infections. We report a new management technique involving immediate endoscopic realignment with drainage via peel-away sheath for post-traumatic bulbar urethral rupture. METHODS Thirteen patients presenting with post-traumatic bulbar urethral rupture between July 2010...

Uretero-Pelvic Junction Obstruction (UPJO) is a common congenital anomaly that may need pyeloplasty to prevent renal function deterioration. The purpose of this study was to describe a modified use of jj stent catheter in pyeloplasty for infant with UPJO. A series of 12 children, between 3 and 10 months, underwent stenting open pyeloplasty. In each patient a 6 French Foley catheter was placed w...