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To the Editor: A simple procedure can have devastating consequences when performed incorrectly. The Video in Clinical Medicine demonstrating male urethral catheterization (May 25 issue)¹ covers many important points well: the routine use of viscous lidocaine, the need for complete advancement of the catheter before balloon inflation, and the need to use large catheters in men with benign prostatic hypertrophy. Any procedure consists of a series of well-orchestrated small steps. For this reason, I would add the following:

First, to avoid a breach in sterile technique, the lidocaine should be opened on the sterile field and administered with the clinician's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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