RT Book, Section
A1 Robinson, Richard Dean
A1 Rees, Caleb Andrew
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159807239
T1 Urethral Catheterization
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159807239
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  first  recorded  bladder  catheterization  was  by  Oribasius  of  Pergamon  (325–403  AD)  in  a  description  of  a  fistula  surgery.  Philip  Syng  Physick  tied  Chief  Justice  Marshall  to  the  bed  and  introduced  instruments  through  a  bladder  catheter  to  break  up  bladder  stones.  August  Mercer  developed  the  coudé  catheter  in  1863.  The  bend  near  the  tip,  known  as  an  elbow  in  French,  made  passage  in  a  stenosed  urethra  easier.  The  current  Foley  catheter  was  developed  in  the  1930s  by  Urologist  Frederick  Foley.  There  have  been  no  major  changes  in  the  Foley  catheter  in  over  90  years.