When urinary catheters stay too long: the hidden link between constipation, prolonged indwelling urinary catheterisation and urinary tract infections in neurosurgical inpatients

Kanza Tariq, Siddharth Vankipuram, Sogha Khawari, Theofannis Giannis, Vishal Kakar, Chrysotomos Alexandris, George Prezerakos, Laurence Watkins

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DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2026.2677912
Published: 2026-06-01
Container: British Journal of Neurosurgery
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@article{allodium:10.1080/02688697.2026.2677912,
  title = {When urinary catheters stay too long: the hidden link between constipation, prolonged indwelling urinary catheterisation and urinary tract infections in neurosurgical inpatients},
  author = {Kanza Tariq and Siddharth Vankipuram and Sogha Khawari and Theofannis Giannis and Vishal Kakar and Chrysotomos Alexandris and George Prezerakos and Laurence Watkins},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {British Journal of Neurosurgery},
  doi = {10.1080/02688697.2026.2677912},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2026.2677912}
}

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AU  - Siddharth Vankipuram
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Tariq, K., Vankipuram, S., Khawari, S., Giannis, T., Kakar, V., Alexandris, C., Prezerakos, G., & Watkins, L. (2026). When urinary catheters stay too long: the hidden link between constipation, prolonged indwelling urinary catheterisation and urinary tract infections in neurosurgical inpatients. British Journal of Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2026.2677912

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