Intraperitoneal Urinary Bladder Perforation Observed in a Patient with an Indwelling Urethral Catheter

This report describes a rare case of an 86-year-old man with an indwelling urethral catheter who developed severe abdominal pain and was diagnosed with intraperitoneal urinary bladder perforation. A home-visiting nurse suspected catheter obstruction and performed a catheter exchange. However, bladde...

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Main Authors: Soichiro Ogawa, Tomonori Date, Osamu Muraki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/765704