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Cystostomy tubes are used to provide temporary or permanent urinary bypass for patients with obstructive, traumatic, motility, or neurologic diseases of the lower urinary tract. The cystostomy catheter often allows time for medications to be manipulated while the urethral outflow is assess, as is the case for reflex dyssynergia and proliferative urethritis. The most common indication for this procedure...
This chapter discusses the background, fluoroscopic procedure, and several considerations prior to performing percutaneous antegrade urethral catheterization (PAUC). PAUC provides an alternate method to gain access across the urethra, when traditional methods are unsuccessful. The chapter also lists recommended supplies to perform PAUC. Theoretical complications of the PAUC that could occur include...
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