- Bonanno catheter
A Bonanno catheter is a
medical device . It was originally designed forsuprapubic cystostomy (drainage of urine from thebladder through the skin, bypassing theurethra ). Described by Dr J.P. Bonanno in 1970 and patented in 1987, [cite journal |author=Bonanno PJ, Landers DE, Rock DE |title=Bladder drainage with the suprapubic catheter needle |journal=Obstet Gynecol |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=807–12 |year=1970 |month=May |pmid=5441274] patent|US|767238] it is produced by the medical supplies companyBecton Dickinson . Apart from bladder drainage, it also enjoys various other uses for which it has not actually been designed, such as thoracostomy [cite journal |author=Chetty GK, Elahi MM, Siddagangaiah V, Leverment JN |title=Bonanno's catheter: a less invasive and cost-effective alternative for drainage of pleural effusion |journal=J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. |volume=129 |issue=1 |pages=219–20 |year=2005 |month=January |pmid=15632850 |doi=10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.034] andparacentesis . [cite journal |author=Macdonald R, Kirwan J, Roberts S, Gray D, Allsopp L, Green J |title=Ovarian cancer and ascites: A questionnaire on current management in the United kingdom |journal=J Palliat Med |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=1264–70 |year=2006 |month=December |pmid=17187534 |doi=10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1264 |url=http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1264 |format=PDF]The drain consists of a straight metal trocar, which serves as a core and guide for a plastic tube with a curved end that is kept straight while the trocar is inside. At the end of the plastic tube, a small flat plate is present that can be taped or sutured to the skin. The drain then ends in a connector that can be connected with a drainage bag.
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