M Alagiri1, E J Seidmon. 1. Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We describe a new technique for exact positioning and placement of a suprapubic tube. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The bladder dome and its relative position on the lower abdomen are localized using a flexible cystoscope, light source and abdominal palpation. RESULTS: The technique has been successfully used in patients who require long-term urinary drainage. CONCLUSIONS: Percutaneous endoscopic cystostomy is simple, effective and easily performed and it simplifies the placement of a suprapubic tube in the difficult to localize bladder.
PURPOSE: We describe a new technique for exact positioning and placement of a suprapubic tube. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The bladder dome and its relative position on the lower abdomen are localized using a flexible cystoscope, light source and abdominal palpation. RESULTS: The technique has been successfully used in patients who require long-term urinary drainage. CONCLUSIONS: Percutaneous endoscopic cystostomy is simple, effective and easily performed and it simplifies the placement of a suprapubic tube in the difficult to localize bladder.