Bedside ultrasound-guided percutaneous cystostomy in an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Author:
Yiu Shiobhon LUK
1
;
Ji Hoon SHIN
;
Jennifer Lai San KHOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Cystostomy; Intensive care, neonatal; Infant; Ultrasonography
- MeSH: Cystostomy*; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Infant*; Infant, Newborn; Intensive Care, Neonatal*; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography
- From: Ultrasonography 2015;34(4):324-327
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We describe a case of an infant born at 39 weeks of gestation who was in the neonatal intensive care unit for postoperative management of congenital heart disease and underwent bedside ultrasound-guided percutaneous cystostomy to treat an iatrogenic urethral injury. The procedure was uneventful, successful, and no complications were noted. This case demonstrates that this procedure is safe and minimally invasive. Indications, contraindications, techniques, potential complications, and the safety of performing this procedure in a bedside setting are discussed.
