The Word catheter is a type of balloon that is placed in the Bartholin gland cyst after incision and drainage to allow continued drainage and re-epithelialization of a tract for future drainage. The stem of the Word catheter is latex.[1] It is named for Samuel Buford Word.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Katherine T. (2019). "Bartholin gland cyst and abscess: Word catheter placement". UpToDate. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Baskett, Thomas F. (2019). "Samuel Buford Word". Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 456–457. ISBN 978-1-108-42170-6.

Further reading

https://first10em.com/word-catheters/

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