Recurrent Foley catheter puncture and displacement: a complication of the use of barbed polyglyconate suture to facilitate vesicourethral anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Upon completion of the anastomosis, a new 18-Fr silicone Foley catheter (Bard, Covington, GA, USA) was inserted, and the catheter balloon was inflated with 13 mL sterile water. [4] reported a 26 % reduction (13.4 vs. 18.1 min) in time to perform the PR and VUA in the barbed suture group with equivalent urinary functional outcomes in short-term follow-up. Zorn, KC; Trinh, QD; Jeldres, C; Schmitges, J; Widmer, H; Lattouf, JB; Sammon, J; Liberman, D; Sun, M; Bianchi, M; Karakiewicz, PI; Denis, R; Gautam, G; El-Hakim, A. Prospective randomized trial of barbed polyglyconate suture to facilitate vesico-urethral anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: time reduction and cost benefit.