Intravesical Knotting of a Feeding Tube Used as a Urinary Catheter
Phichaya Sujijantararat MD, FRCST*
Affiliation : * Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Urethral catheterization is a common procedure among pediatric patients. Intravesical knotting of a polyethylene feeding tube used as a urethral catheter is rare. This report described such a complication in an infant who had urethral catheterization with 5 Fr feeding tube. Removal of the catheter necessitated cysto- tomy. This complication is preventable if the feeding tube is inserted only as short as possible to retrieve urine.
Keywords : Urethra, Urethral catheterization, Catheter, Pediatrics
