Reused silicone catheter for clean intermittent catheterization (CIC): Is it safe for spinal cord-injured (SCI) men?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 638-642

  Kovindha, A ^a   Mai, W Na Chiang ^a   Madersbacher, H ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intermittent catheterization; Spinal cord injury; Urethral catheter

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER STONE; CLEAN INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THAILAND; URETHRA; URETHRAL BLEEDING; URETHROGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SILICONES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 9144272758     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101646     Document Type: Article

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