Female Catheterization

Developed by Medindia Content Team | Health Animation Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Apr 10, 2014

Urethral catheterization in females is used to collect urine for diagnostic procedures like monitoring urine output or for therapeutic purposes like relieving urinary retention, instilling medications or irrigating the bladder. Here is an animation to help you understand how catheterization is done in females.

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The procedure/surgery depicted in this video is for information purpose only. Depending on the patient condition, the procedure/surgery methodology could vary in actuality.

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