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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Position. This allows the bladder to fill and the patient to pass urine through the normal route. Patients then attend hospital the following day just to have the catheter removed and a dressing applied. If a patient can’t pass urine normally during the trial of voiding, the Flip-Flo valve can simply be opened to drain the bladder rather than having to re-insert a catheter which is the case when a urethral catheter has been used.The catheter can be removed sooner – the catheter can be removed (typically 8 days) earlier than a urethral catheter.What are the various components?Catheter drainage bagsA large bag is connected to the catheter after the operation, which allows the urine output to be measured hourly to ensure that it is draining correctly. On the first morning after the operation this will be changed to a leg bag, which is attached to the thigh inside the patient’s trousers and which is smaller in capacity. At night, the leg bag is connected to a larger night bag so that patients don’t have to get out of bed to empty the smaller leg bag every 3-4 hours.Catheter urine bagCatheter leg bagFlip-Flo valveThis is simply a switch between the suprapubic catheter (if used) and the catheter drainage bag that either allows urine to flow through it (in the open position) into the drainage bag or not (in the closed position), where urine flows out through the penis. It should always be open except during the trial of voiding.Flip-Flo valve closedFlip-Flo
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