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Inadvertent foley catheterization of the ureter

Parth K. Modi¹, Amirali Hassanzadeh Salmasi¹, Mark A. Perlmutter²

1 Division of Urology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
2 Division of Urology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Parth K. Modi, Division of Urology, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, MEB 584A, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2014, 21(3), 7326-7329.

Abstract

We present a case of an 83-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis and chronic indwelling urethral catheter who was found to have a ureteral injury after inadvertent placement of a foley catheter into the proximal right ureter. Cystoscopy and retrograde ureteral stenting was attempted, but unsuccessful. The patient ultimately underwent successful antegrade ureteral stenting and nephrostomy placement. We review the limited literature on the topic of aberrant foley catheter placement into the ureter.

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