Identifier: preparatoryafter00haub (find matches)
Title: Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Haubold, Herman A. (Herman Arthur), 1867-1931
Subjects: Preoperative Care Postoperative Care
Publisher: New York and London, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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Fig. 353.—Apparatus for Drainage and Cleansing of Bladder (shown in Fig.352) in situ. The cleansing fluid is injected into the smaller tube and finds readyegress through the larger one. OPERATIONS ON THE BLADDER 569 wide mouth to permit of easy access of the nozzle of a syringe.The large drainage tube permits of exit of the cleansing fluid soreadily that deleterious distention of the bladder becomes quiteinrpossible. Between the intervals of treatment the smaller cath-eter is clamped. The question of drainage of the bladder throughthe urethra as supplementary to suprapubic drainage may betaken up here. It may be said that, as a rule, suprapubic drain-age meets the indications. However, in some instances, espe-cially where the bladder is severely infected, there is no objectionto the additional use of dependent drainage. For this purpose theretention catheter shown in Figs. 354, 355 and 356 may be usedFig. 354 shows the mushroom retention catheter. The enlarge-
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Fig. 354.—Mushroom Retention Catheter for Drainage of the Bladder per urethram. ment near the tip is engaged beyond the neck of the bladder andeffectually prevents its expulsion. When the catheter is intro-duced, the mushroom enlargement is obliterated by inserting intoits lumen the stylet (Fig. 355), which is curved to conform to

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