While some practices lower the risk for complications with peripherally inserted central catheters, evidence gaps highlight ...

This prospective study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of catheter removal on POD 2 versus POD 4 after LRP and its impact on urinary continence outcomes. In this study, 94.7 % of ...

Normal catheter function was observed among 85.7%. No complete catheter occlusion was observed. Aspiration problems were observed in 9 cases, and both injection and aspiration problems in 1 case.

Yet current clot-removal tools succeed on the first try only about 50 percent of the time. In 15 percent of cases, they fail completely. For tough, fibrin-rich clots, success rates drop to as low ...