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How to Manage a Urinary Catheter Balloon that will not Deflate

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On occasion, difficulty will be encountered removing an indwelling urethral catheter. This may be as a consequence of failure of the catheter balloon to deflate. This article reviews the published data on managing the non-deflating Foley catheter balloon, and suggests an evidence-based sequence of interventions to deflate the catheter balloon.

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    Ross Patterson, Brian Little, Jo Tolan & Clare Sweeney

  2. Department of Urology, Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0YN, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Brian Little

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Patterson, R., Little, B., Tolan, J. et al. How to Manage a Urinary Catheter Balloon that will not Deflate. Int Urol Nephrol 38, 57–61 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-005-2945-7

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