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Intermittent Catheter question

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Hi All,

I'm new here so I hope you can help.

Just a quick question.

Can I use a suction catheter to drain my bladder with the same diameter Fr14 as a normal intermittent catheter. It's just that sourcing suction catheters is much easier and cheaper that the normal intermittent catheters. If there is a big difference between the suction and normal catheter I'll opt for the intermittent one.

I'm new to this as had to spend time in hospital with a particularly nasty kidney infection which arose from residual urine in bladder - for some reason; but am told that they will be doing urodynamic testing in new year.

Thanks for you help.

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