Developing alternative devices to the long-term urinary catheter for draining urine from the bladder
The self-retaining urinary catheter is used for long-term drainage of urine from the bladder only as a last resort because of serious associated complications, yet it remains a routine method for managing older and disabled patients with loss of bladder control. Blockage of the catheter from calcifi...
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Language: | English |
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2003.
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