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urine, the females only 49-3 per cent. In analysing these figures, however, only the male
patients are considered, as the number of female patients is too small to be assessed in
percentage. It was found that of the 92 male patients who were not catheterized before
admission to the Centre 63 (68-5 per cent) were sterile on discharge. Of the 157 who had
intermittent catheterization before admission, 109 (69-4 per cent) were sterile on dis
charge, while of the 45 treated with Foley catheters before admission 27 (60 per cent)
were sterile on discharge and of the 36 treated with Gibbon's catheter before admission
23 (63*9 per cent) were sterile on discharge. Of the 7 infected cases who had intermittent
catheterization before admission, 4 were sterile and 3 remained infected on discharge;
of 61 infected patients who were treated with an indwelling Foley catheter, 31 (50-8 per
cent) were sterile on discharge arid 30 remained infected; of 9 infected patients treated
TABLE 173. Length and result of follow-up (males)
Years
after
injury
i
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
Number
of last
check-ups
84
42
53
37
26
21
15
5
5
20
298
Sterile on
first
discharge
53
25
38
25
ii
13
6
o
2
5
178
(63
(59
(7i
(67
(42
(61
(59
•I°o)
•5%)
•4%)
•6%)
•3%)
•9%)
•7%)
Infected
on first
discharge
3i
17
15
12
15
8
9
5
3
5
1 20
Sterile at
check-up
44
19
36
21
6
9
10
3
4
5
157
(52
(45
(67
(56
(23
(42
(52
•4%)
•2%)
•9%)
•8%)
•i%)
•9"o)
•7%)
Infected
at
check-up
40
23
17
16
20
12
5
2
I
5
141
Originally
infected
sterile
now
2
3
6
2
I
3
4
3
2
I
27
Originally
sterile
infected
now
ii
9
8
6
6
7
o
o
o
I
48
TABLE iyb. Length and result of follow-up (females)
Originally Originally
Years
after
injury
i
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Number
of last
check-ups
ii
7
9
5
3
3
4
2
I
I
Sterile on
first
discharge
6
3
5
2
I
0
I
2
O
0
Infected
on first
discharge
5
4
4
3
2
3
3
0
i
i
Sterile at
check-up
5
3
4
3
i
i
2
2
I
0
Infected
at
check-up
6
4
5
2
2
2
2
0
O
I
infected
now
sterile
o
i
2
i
0
I
I
o
I
0
sterile
now
infected
i
i
3
o
o
0
o
o
0
0
Total
46
20 (43'5%) 26
22 (47-8%) 24
