How to Use a Coude Urinary Catheter in Urology

The Coude urinary catheter is used in urology to help relieve a patient of any urine in the bladder or to help implement any treatment to the bladder. The Coude urinary catheter is specifically made for males. The tube can slide past the prostate gland directly into the urethra.

• The Coude urinary catheter is used in urology when a physical injury has occurred or surgery is required that will hinder a patient from being able to urinate. A plastic tube must be inserted into the patient’s urethra in order to relieve the bladder.


• The patient must have their genitals cleaned and have a sterilization cream applied to the general area.


• The doctor will first put on gloves, and then spread the patient's legs in order to insert the tubing past the prostate gland or any object that could be blocking until the tube is in the patient’s urethra.


• The patient will usually not feel the process as in most cases since a medical procedure is about to be done the patient is usually anesthetized in the lower body area.


• A bag is placed at the bottom of the Coude urinary catheter so that it can be emptied as it fills. This is essential because the patient usually does not know at that point that they are wearing a Coude urinary catheter.


• The catheter can be used with or without a balloon. It is also used in some cases to help induce labor for a woman by ripening the cervix.