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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for Catheterization
  1. Bladder catheterization - male (image) 
    Catheterization is accomplished by inserting a catheter (a hollow tube, often with and inflatable balloon tip) into ... catheter in place for a duration of time. Catheterization in males is slightly more difficult and uncomfortable ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1066.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Catheterization (image) 
    Clean intermittent self catheterization is the process of introducing a catheter into the bladder by oneself. The goal of intermittent catheterization is to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9653.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Cardiac catheterization (image) 
    Cardiac catheterization is used to study the various functions of the heart. Using different techniques, the coronary arteries can ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1080.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Swan Ganz catheterization (image) 
    Right heart catheterization involves the passage of a catheter (a thin flexible tube) into the right side of the heart to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18087.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Left heart catheterization (image) 
    Left heart catheterization involves the passage of a catheter (a thin flexible tube) into the left side of the heart to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18143.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Cardiac catheterization (image) 
    Cardiac catheterization is used to study the various functions of the heart or to obtain diagnostic information about the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9156.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Bladder catheterization - female (image) 
    Images ... A catheter (a hollow tube, often with an inflatable balloon tip) may be inserted into the urinary bladder when there is a urinary ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1065.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Anterior vaginal wall repair (surgical treatment of urinary incontinence) - series (image) 
    ... to 3 hours, or perform clean intermittent self catheterization (CISC), to keep your bladder from getting too ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100110_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia