RISKS OF SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOSTOMY AFTER IMPL ANTATION OF VESSEL-PROTHESIS

Authors
BERNOTH M STEINBACH F REIHER F ROMPF M ALLHOFF EP
Citation
M. Bernoth et al., RISKS OF SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOSTOMY AFTER IMPL ANTATION OF VESSEL-PROTHESIS, Aktuelle Urologie, 28(4), 1997, pp. 233-234
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Aktuelle Urologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017868
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
233 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7868(1997)28:4<233:ROSCAI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The therapy of choice in patients with an acute urinary retention due to urethral stricture is a suprapubic cystostomy. This routine urologi cal procedure can be extremely hazardous in cases with a subcutaneous Vessel protheses crossing the bladder region and a concomitant anticoa gulation therapy. Herein, we discuss the management of this rare clini cal situation in patient with an axillo-bifemoral vessel prosthesis us ing the color duplex sonography for exact localization of the prosthes is.