Balloon cuffing and management of the entrapped Foley catheter

Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 825-827

  Gonzalgo, Mark L ^a,b   Walsh, Patrick C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON DILATATION; CUFF; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037380271     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)02506-2     Document Type: Article

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