(a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a sterile, inflammatory bladder condition characterized by urinary frequency and urgency, as well as burning and suprapubic pain, which occurs more frequently in women who may suffer for years before diagnosis.
(2) When urine, which has been collected by suprapubic bladder aspiration, is appropriately cultured, asymptomatic bacteriuria due to fastidious organisms can be detected quite commonly in apparently healthy pregnant women; Ureaplasma urealyticum and Gardnerella vaginalis can each be isolated from the bladder urine of 10 to 15% of subjects, other bacteria less frequently.
(3) Initial suprapubic catheterisation is followed by endoscopic assessment after approximately 2 weeks.
(4) By the reversal of the existing nephroureteral stent system a vesicoureteral stent exiting through the suprapubic site is created.
(5) The transcutaneous suprapubic cystocath with intermittent aspiration of urine also has been used in 7 cases.
(6) Diagnostic procedures (lumbar puncture, fetal monitoring electrodes, suprapubic aspiration, and heel sticks) may result inadvertently in the inoculation of a neighboring osseous structure.
(7) Temporary suprapubic drainage restored renal function to normal and decreased the upper tract dilatation.
(8) Since 1979, 12 patients with obliterated urethras (ten membranous, two bulbous) have been treated by direct vision urethrotomy using a second cystoscope or sound passed through the previously placed suprapubic tract as a guide.
(9) In the classic Palma operation the contralateral long saphenous vein is suprapubicly led to the opposite side and is anastomosed end-to-end or end-to-side with the common femoral vein of the occluded side.
(10) In this study a new trocar-cannula-unit(10 French) is introduced, which was used in a prospective randomised comparative study in 74 patients for suprapubic bladder punction.
(11) We developed a modified urethral sound designed for simple insertion of a percutaneous suprapubic cystostomy tube during an operation.
(12) He had undergone transurethral resection twice before he was seen at our institution, where suprapubic prostatectomy was performed.
(13) Suprapubic catheterization may offer an alternative but has been inadequately studied in this patient population.
(14) The observation was a chance event when echography was performed because the patient complained of vague pains in the suprapubic region.
(15) The trocar catheter was found to be a simple, practical, and safe instrument for suprapubic bladder drainage.
(16) In 71 patients we performed second interventions after unsuccessful Cryosurgery of the prostate (56 X TUR-P, 9 X Cryosurgery, 6 X suprapubic adenomectomy).
(17) The results of 787 consecutive suprapubic specimens in children were studied.
(18) The most reliable diagnostic finding was localization of the area of maximum tenderness to the left lower quadrant and suprapubic areas.
(19) A case of acute obstruction at the ureterovesical junction caused by a suprapubic cystostomy catheter tip is presented.
(20) A 15-year-old male patient with a ten day history of fever and GI symptoms that had been diagnosed as having a suprapubic mass was referred to the Urologic Emergency Unit.