This publication describes the results of a randomized controlled study comparing hydrophilic-coated with non-coated catheters for intermittent use in children. The study involved 78 children (aged 2‒17 years) with neurogenic bladder dysfunction performing at least 3 catheterizations per day. Catheterization was done by the caregiver or by the patient, through the urethra or an abdominal wall channel (stoma).
Some of the patients included in the study had undergone a surgical alteration of their bladder (augmentation). The treatment groups are comparable with regard to age, diagnosis, stoma, augmentation, assisted catheterization and dexterity among those who performed self-catheterization
