Urinary catheter 'deflation cuff' formation: Clinical audit and quantitativein vitro analysis

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 666-671

  Parkin, J ^a,c   Scanlan, J ^b   Woolley, M ^b   Grover, D ^b   Evans, A ^a   Feneley, R C L ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deflation 'cuff'; Suprapubic retention forces; Urinary catheter materials

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLITEF; SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CUFF; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETER; URINE CATHETER;

BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036434169     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.03014.x     Document Type: Article

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