OBJECTIVE To describe a new technique for suprapubic urinary catheterisation that can be used in selected patients with high anaesthetic risk, and previous lower abdominal surgery and bowel adhesions. PATIENT AND METHODS In a 33-year-old woman, laparoscopic guidance with cystoscopic vision was used to ensure the safe passage of a suprapubic catheter. RESULTS The suprapubic catheter was succ...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation of suprapubic ultrasonography and transrectal ultrasonography in measurements of prostate dimension and volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred consecutive patients with lower urinary tract symptoms were examined by suprapubic and transrectal ultrasonography modalities in a same session. Measurements of the 3 dimension...

Abstract Background One of the major drawbacks gynecologic laparoscopy is post-laparoscopic shoulder pain (PLSP) that believed to result from intra-abdominal CO 2 retention leading peritoneal and diaphragmatic stretching causing referred in C4 dermatome. Several interventions have been applied prevent reduce its incidence severity, with contradictory results. Only pulmonary recruitment maneuver...

A suprapubic catheter may be used to drain the bladder of urine as an alternative to an indwelling urethral catheter. It can be inserted as a temporary or permanent measure in patients with urinary dysfunction or if initial urethral catheter insertion or recatheterisation is problematic. This article discusses insertion of suprapubic catheters, management and care, including changing suprapubic...

BACKGROUND The aim was to compare the intensity of pain caused by suprapubic aspiration (SPA) and urethral catheterization for urine sampling in premature infants. METHODS A prospective randomized controlled design with 80 premature infants in Alzahra University Hospital, Isfahan, Iran was conducted. Premature newborns who needed urine samples for microbiologic analysis were randomly assigned...

INTRODUCTION Urethral injury is an uncommon surgical complication of penile prosthesis (PP) surgery. Conventional dogma requires abortion of the procedure if the adjacent corporal body is involved or delayed implantation to avert device infection associated with urinary extravasation. Besides the setback of the aborted surgery, this management approach also presents the possible difficulty of e...