A Simple and Quick Solution to the Retained Traumatic Urethral Catheter.

A misplaced urinary catheter within the bulbar urethra in a medically complex patient could not be removed due to an undeflatable balloon. Simple bedside measures including flexible cystoscopy were unsuccessful in deflating this. Here we describe a simple and quick solution to this stressful situation using a transperineal ultrasound guided puncture. This method should be considered when the retained traumatic catheter lies distal to the prostate gland.