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Percutaneous cystostomy using a fine calibre (9 Charriere) plastic trocar and cannula has been used in 51 male patients in the early weeks following spinal cord injury. The results are satisfactory. Of the last ten patients none has been catheterised per urethram; eight of these patients are now passing urine satisfactorily using a condom urinal.
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Smith, P., Cook, J. & Burt, A. Percutaneous cystostomy in paraplegia—A follow-up of 41 patients. Spinal Cord 14, 135–137 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1976.23
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1976.23