Safe duration of silicon catheter replacement in urological patients

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dc.contributor.authorOyortey, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorEssoun, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Rahman, M.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-18T11:35:33Z
dc.date.available2023-05-18T11:35:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study compared the infection rates, degree of encrustation, symptoms, and complications in patients regarding the duration of urethral catheterisation (three weeks, six weeks, and eight weeks). Design: A cross-sectional study with stratified simple random sampling Setting: Urology Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Participants: One hundred and thirty-seven male patients with long-term urinary catheters Interventions: Participants were grouped into 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 8 weeks duration of catheter replacements Primary outcomes measures: Symptoms due to the urinary catheters, urinalysis, urine and catheter tip cultures, sensitivity, and catheter encrustations were assessed. Results: Eighty-six patients had a primary diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), 35 had urethral stric tures,13 had prostate cancer, two had BPH and urethral strictures, and one participant had bladder cancer. There was no difference in the symptoms the participants in the different groups experienced due to the urinary catheters (p > 0.05). The frequency of occurrence of complications (pyuria, p = 0.784; blocked catheter, p=0.097; urethral bleeding, p=0.148; epididymo-orchitis, p=0.769 and bladder spasms, p=1.000) showed no differences in the three groups. There was no statistical difference in the urinalysis for the three groups (p>0.05) and the degree of encrustations (3 weeks: 0.03 ± 0.06, 6 weeks: 0.11±0.27 and eight weeks: 0.12 ±0.27) with p=0.065. Conclusions: In this study, the duration of urinary catheterisation using silicone Foley’s catheters did not influence the complication and symptom rates; hence silicon catheters can be placed in situ for up to 8 weeks before replacement instead of the traditional three-weekly change.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v57i1.10
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/39076
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Medical Journalen_US
dc.subjectUrinary catheterisationen_US
dc.subjectbiofilmsen_US
dc.subjectencrustationsen_US
dc.titleSafe duration of silicon catheter replacement in urological patientsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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