Three-Way Foley Catheter
3-Way Foley · Three-way catheter · Irrigation Foley · Triple-lumen Foley · Hematuria catheter
A urinary retentionYUR-ih-nair-ee rih-TEN-shunBeing unable to empty the bladder completely, or at all.Full entry catheter with three ports at its outer end: one for drainage, one to fill the balloon and one for irrigationeer-ih-GAY-shunWashing out a wound, body cavity, tube or eye with a steady flow of liquid.Full entry . It has a larger balloon near the tip than a standard indwelling urinary catheterin-DWEL-ing YUR-ih-nair-ee KATH-uh-terA tube passed through the urethra into the bladder and left in place to drain urine into a bag.Full entry .
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What it does and the lengths it comes in.
What it’s for
Drains the bladder and lets fluid run in through the third channel, for continuous bladder irrigationkun-TIN-yoo-us BLAD-er ir-ih-GAY-shunA steady flow of sterile fluid run into the bladder and drained back out through a three-way catheter.Full entry or to instill medication. Used after prostatePROS-taytA walnut-sized gland below the bladder in males that surrounds the urethra and makes part of the fluid in semen.Full entry and bladder surgery, where the large balloon also presses on the bladder neck to help stop bleeding. In a sacrocolpopexy it drains the bladder during the case and is part of the cystoscopy irrigationeer-ih-GAY-shunWashing out a wound, body cavity, tube or eye with a steady flow of liquid.Full entry setup with its drainage unit.
Lengths and variants
Balloons of 30 mL or 75 mL. Sizes such as 18, 20, 22 and 24 Fr are listed in our sources. A hematuriahee-muh-TOOR-ee-uhBlood in the urine, either seen by eye or found only by a test.hemat/o bloodur/o urine-ia conditionFull entry version has a wire-reinforceree-in-FORSTo repeat and support teaching or care that has already been started, so the client remembers and follows it.Full entry wall for patients with heavy clots.
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 24 (Genitourinary Surgery), p. 594
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 15 (Genitourinary Surgery), pp. 463-464
- Te Linde's Operative Gynecology. 10th ed. Abdominal sacral colpopexy, p. 922
- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 20, pp. 816, 857
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. p. 974
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