suprapubic

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• Where we will be doing a suprapubic catheter surgery. If that does not work, we will be going for plan 3, and the one I hope we can avoid, where he removes my bladder.

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• Urethral or bladder neck obstructions are usually relieved temporarily by transurethral or suprapubic placement of a bladder catheter.

  Academic text (1995)

• If urination is not spontaneous enough and you retain large amounts of urine in your bladder, you should be doing intermittent catheterization or getting a suprapubic catheter.

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• About ten days before the ship was scheduled to sail, I visited my urologist for a routine visit to change an indwelling suprapubic (intra-abdominal) urinary catheter.

  Academic text (2003)

• For voiding symptoms requiring catheterization, NICE suggests intermittent bladder catheterization before indwelling urethral or suprapubic catheterization.

  Academic text (2012)

• The doctor explained that a suprapubic catheter is inserted above the pubic bone for easier access to the bladder.

• After the surgery, he was advised to use a suprapubic catheter for better urinary control.

Synonyms

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pubic

vssuprapubic

46 7.7

Relating to the lower front part of the body between the hips

is above that front pelvic area rather than on or near it

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Etymology