Effect of Nurse-Led Intermittent Bladder Catheterization on Recurrence of Female Urethral Stricture following Urethral Dilatation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Farah Naz, Samina Kausar, Jamshed Rahim, Shazia Taj · 2026
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Farah Naz and three co-authors test, in a 2026 trial, whether nurse-led catheter care at home can stop a narrowed urinary passage from closing again in women. Female urethral stricture blocks outflow and can trap urine and cause infections. Dilating the passage open helps for a while, but it often narrows again. The trial ran at a hospital in Lahore through most of 2024.
Fifty-six women aged 35 to 55 were split into two equal groups. One group used a thin catheter on themselves twice a day at home, under nurse supervision. The other received standard follow-up alone. After twelve weeks, recurrence hit about seven in a hundred in the catheter group and close to twenty-nine in a hundred in the control group. The risk calculation works out to a cut of about three quarters. The authors back nurse-led catheter care as an inexpensive guard against recurrence.
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| CREATOR | Farah Naz, Samina Kausar, Jamshed Rahim, Shazia Taj |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |