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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Safe urethral catheterisation in males: Pearls and pitfalls
S Lal Darsan, Biju S Pillai, H Krishnamoorthy
Department ofUrology, Lourdes Hospital Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science & Research, Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. S Lal Darsan
Department of Urology, Post Graduate Research Institute, Lourdes Hospital, Kochi - 682 012, Kerala
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ksj.ksj_23_22
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Urethral catheterisation is a bedside clinical skill which is usually acquired by clinicians during their internship or initial medical career. However, many clinicians lack confidence for male catheterisation afterward. This review article revisits the steps of safe urethral catheterisation with a review on male urethral applied anatomy, catheter design, common difficult catheterisation scenarios with pearls and pitfalls to tackle them and steps to remove a stuck urethral catheter from a urologist's perspective.
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