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What is a urinary catheter?
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Urine Drainage Tube: The most common is called a Foley catheter. It is inserted through the urethra and into the bladder. Somtimes the tube is inserted through the skin in the lower part of the abdomen and this is called a suprapubic catheter.
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Catheter: A flexible tube placed into the bladder through the urethra for the purpose of draining urine from the bladder.
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