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
edit- ^ Chen, Katherine T. (2019). "Bartholin gland cyst and abscess: Word catheter placement". UpToDate. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Baskett, Thomas F. (2019). "Samuel Buford Word". Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 456–457. ISBN 978-1-108-42170-6.456-457&rft.pub=Cambridge University Press&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-108-42170-6&rft.aulast=Baskett&rft.aufirst=Thomas F.&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHaIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA456&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Word catheter" class="Z3988">