Top-vented urinary drainage catheters cause fewer epithelial and vascular changes in the bladder mucosa compared to conventional catheters and may reduce susceptibility to urinary tract infections

Current Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-141

  Grocela, Joseph A ^a   Jura, Ying H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria, etiology; Bacteriuria, prevention control; Urinary catheterization, adverse effects; Urinary catheterization, instrumentation; Urinary catheterization, methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER MUCOSA; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUPRAPUBIC ARC SLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 77956645283     PISSN: 16617649     EISSN: 16617657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000253440     Document Type: Article

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