bladder catheterization

Indications

• managing urinary incontinence
  • overflow incontinence
• obstructive uropathy
• genitourinary surgery

Procedure

• use of a slender tube inserted through the urethra or through the anterior abdominal wall into the bladder, urinary reservoir, or urinary conduit to allow urine drainage (see indwelling catheters, intermittent catheterization).

More general terms

• catheterization

More specific terms

• intermittent bladder catheterization (IC, IBC)