However, a commercial replacement gastrostomy tube is many times more expensive than a Foley catheter, and the two have never been compared. We compared the efficacy and safety of an all-silicone ...

We just don’t have a good alternative to the Foley catheter [a tube inserted in a patient ... itself connects really well to a urinary drainage bag. So to me, we’ve solved a multitude ...

CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that percutaneous drainage with small-bore catheters is as effective as drainage with bigger tubes.