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. 2016 Nov;98(8):594.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0213. Epub 2016 Aug 11.

Difficult urethral catheterisation made safer: visualising the 'blind' hydrophilic wire

S Tadtayev  1 , H Gresty  1 , D Manson-Bahr  1
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Difficult urethral catheterisation made safer: visualising the 'blind' hydrophilic wire

S Tadtayev et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2016 Nov.
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