Permanent suprapubic cystostomy has fewer and fewer advocates as time passes, and as attention focuses more sharply upon true rehabilitory treatment rather than mere expediency.

Nwadiaro HC et al (2007) Comparative analysis of urethral catheterization versus suprapubic cystostomy in management of neurogenic bladder spinal injured patients. Nigerian Journal of Medicine; 16: 4, ...

A recent review of suprapubic cystostomy tubes in patients with NGB suggests that, when cared for properly (ie, with anticholinergics, frequent catheter changes, and bladder washing), patients had ...

A suprapubic cystostomy had been inserted 6 months earlier, owing to voiding difficulties. The patient was found to have huge multiple bladder stones and a massively thickened bladder wall.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Prevention of Perivesical Cellulitis and Suppuration Following Suprapubic Cystostomy by the Use of Kidd's Perforator and Introducer ...

The procedure to insert the SPC is called asuprapubic cystostomy (also known as a vesicostomy or epicystostomy). SPCs are often used for long‑term catheterisation, for example, in people with spinal ...