Spontaneous knotting of infant feeding tube in the urinary bladder

Lakshman Singh Pal; Prashant Oli

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20263010

Authors

Lakshman Singh Pal Department of Urology, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Prashant Oli Department of Urology, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20263010

Keywords:

Catheter knotting, Infant feeding tube, Intravesical foreign body, Intravesical knotting, Self-knotting

Abstract

In neonatal intensive care settings and paediatric wards, healthcare providers frequently use infant feeding tubes for urinary bladder catheterization when appropriately sized Foley catheters are unavailable. Though it is a safe procedure, it can lead to a serious problem if the catheter knots spontaneously inside the urinary bladder. This report describes an unusual complication where a 6 French feeding tube became knotted spontaneously within the bladder of a 3-month-old male infant during routine urinary catheterization performed for urine sample collection and output monitoring. The knotted catheter was extracted via percutaneous endoscopic suprapubic cystotomy. The patient had a successful post-operative recovery.

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