Catheter

Catheter - a flexible tube inserted into a narrow hole to introduce or remove fluid from the body. Urinary catheters are inserted into the bladder through the urethra to remove urine from it in case of various diseases, as well as to empty the bladder before performing operations on the abdominal organs.

Catheters: history

Catheters are flexible tubes that are used to introduce or remove fluids from the body. In medicine, catheterization is used to ensure patency of the urinary tract and prevent stagnation of urine in the absence of urine. This is necessary to achieve urination, prevent urinary tract infections (

Catheters are medical instruments used to perform medical procedures and treat various diseases. One of the most common types of catheters is a urethral catheter (or urethral catheter), which is used to drain urine from the bladder.

The urethral catheter is a flexible tube

Catheters today are becoming more and more popular tools that help monitor a person’s health status and remove various substances from his body. Initially, catheters were used only for medical purposes, but they are now available for home use.

Catheters are flexible tubes that can be inserted through various openings in the body. Catheters are used to control the flow of various fluids into the body, such as blood, urine, solutions and others. They are one of the most important tools in medicine.

In gynecology, catheters can be used to monitor the menstrual cycle and perform cervical dilatation to facilitate labor. In urology, catheters are used to remove urine from the bladder in cases of urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis, renal failure and other diseases of the genitourinary system. In addition, catheters are used in the treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the bladder and prostate.

This listing of the use of catheters in medicine is not exhaustive: now this device is used in gynecology, urology, cardiology, oncology, surgery, cosmetology and dermatology; it can be used not only intravenously, but also intragastrically, intrarectally, through the mouths of blood vessels, in the pleural cavities and joints.