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Suprapubic catheter knotting: An unusual complication

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Abstract

We describe a case of true knotting of a suprapubic catheter in a 25-month-old boy who underwent surgery for urethrocutaneous fistula as a complication of a distal penile hypospadias repair. This unusual complication was probably attributable to an excessive length of catheter being inserted into the bladder, thereby allowing it to bend onto itself.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Stefanos Gardikis, Katerina Kambouri, Christoshimas George Vaos, Alexandros Polychronidis & Constantinos Simopoulos

  2. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Chrissostomos Soultanidis

  3. Department of Urology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Savas Deftereos

  4. Stefanos Gardikis, 43 G. Papandreou Str, Alexandroupolis, 68100, Greece

    Stefanos Gardikis

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  1. Stefanos Gardikis
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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11255-006-8267-6.

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Gardikis, S., Soultanidis, C., Deftereos, S. et al. Suprapubic catheter knotting: An unusual complication. Int Urol Nephrol 36, 537–539 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-004-0862-9

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