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Clean intermittent catheterization in Saudi children. Suggestion for a common protocol

Roberto De Castro, Khalid A. Fouda Neel, Ahmad M. Alshammari, Jehad M. Abu Daia and Mohammed Al Abd Al-Aaly
Saudi Medical Journal November 2000, 21 (11) 1016-1023;
Roberto De Castro
Division of Pediatric Urology, MBC 83, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fax. +966 (1) 442 4301.
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Khalid A. Fouda Neel
Department Pediatric Urology, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad M. Alshammari
Department of Pediatric Urology, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jehad M. Abu Daia
Department of Pediatric Urology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Al Abd Al-Aaly
Department of Pediatric Urology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

In the last thirty years, clean intermittent catheterization of urinary bladder has proven to be one of the most important advances in Urology. Clean intermittent catheterizationis already utilized in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but the materials and the methods in use are not always the most appropriate. The acceptance of the long-term treatment with clean intermittent catheterization among Saudi families does not seem to be adequate. Moreover, the knowledge and the agreement about clean intermittent catheterization by Saudi Medical Community, and even among Urologists, does not seem to be satisfactory everywhere. We analyzed many different catheters and their cost. We prepared a list of suggestions about clean intermittent catheterization materials and methods. Following this protocol, the majority of the parents of our patients, properly informed and trained, do now understand very well the aims and the advantages of the method. Consequently we realized the problems are not necessarily coming from the patients and their families, but eventually from the inadequacy of our educational and supportive system. In this review, we present our common protocol for clean intermittent catheterization in children, hoping to avoid some mistakes and improve the quality of life of these patients. As cultural background, on the base of our own experience, we reanalyze the principles, indications, results, contraindications, and complications of clean intermittent catheterization in children.

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Roberto De Castro, Khalid A. Fouda Neel, Ahmad M. Alshammari, Jehad M. Abu Daia, Mohammed Al Abd Al-Aaly
Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2000, 21 (11) 1016-1023;

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Clean intermittent catheterization in Saudi children. Suggestion for a common protocol
Roberto De Castro, Khalid A. Fouda Neel, Ahmad M. Alshammari, Jehad M. Abu Daia, Mohammed Al Abd Al-Aaly
Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2000, 21 (11) 1016-1023;
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