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Encrusted and incarcerated urinary bladder catheter: what are the options?

ChristopherC.K. HoDepartment of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob LatiffBandar Tun RazakKuala LumpurMalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yugasaravanan KhandasamyDepartment of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob LatiffBandar Tun RazakKuala LumpurMalaysia
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Praveen SingamDepartment of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob LatiffBandar Tun RazakKuala LumpurMalaysia
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Eng Hong GohDepartment of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob LatiffBandar Tun RazakKuala LumpurMalaysia
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ZulkifliM. ZainuddinDepartment of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob LatiffBandar Tun RazakKuala LumpurMalaysia
Article: 5686 | Received 02 Oct 2010, Accepted 05 Nov 2010, Published online: 25 Nov 2010

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