A Naples doctor who is board certified in radiology finished a catheter placement — then learned he had done the procedure on the wrong patient. That’s in the Florida Department of Health ...

A Middlesex County doctor has had his license suspended after he allegedly reused rectal catheters on at least five patients. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office says that Dr. Sanjiv Patankar ...

Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey surgeon's medical license has been temporarily suspended for allegedly reusing disposable anal catheters on multiple patients. Attorney General Christopher ...

For Jeannine Lunsford of Melbourne, simply breathing became a struggle after her heart stopped in 2017; she had a pacemaker ...

A urostomy bag and a catheter are two different devices that can help drain and collect urine from your body. A urostomy is often permanent, whereas a catheter is not. If you have certain medical ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – A physician at Intermountain Health is leading a national effort to reduce one of the most common types of infections that occur in hospital patients to improve care and ...

Not unlike a plumber cleaning out the pipes in a house, Dr. Eric Dippel uses a nifty new tool to clear the arteries in a leg of built-up plaque. The Spectranetics Turbo Tandem catheter combines a ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Poly-L-lysine (PLL)–coated urinary catheters are safe, well-tolerated, and noninferior to noble metal alloy (NMA)–coated catheters in ...

CLEVELAND, Oct. 3 (Reuters) - The Cleveland Clinic said on Wednesday a new generation of flexible catheters that allows surgeons to manipulate tiny instruments within the body will be the biggest ...