CRIU Case Reports in Urology 2090-6978 2090-696X Hindawi Publishing Corporation 10.1155/2016/9178645 9178645 Case Report Retained Urethral Catheter Secondary to Placement in Proximal Ureter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3167-0643 McGregor Thomas B. tom8mc@hotmail.com 1 Sharda Rajan rajansharda@gmail.com 2 Goel Apul 1 Section of Urology Department of Surgery University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB Canada R2H 2A6 umanitoba.ca 2 Division of Urology Department of Surgery Cornwall Community Hospital Cornwall ON Canada K6H 5S5 cornwallhospital.ca 2016 10 4 2016 2016 29 02 2016 30 03 2016 2016 Copyright © 2016 Thomas B. McGregor and Rajan Sharda. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

We present an unusual complication secondary to indwelling urethral catheter placement. Routine catheter placement by the obstetrics team in a postpartum female leads to retention of the catheter and inability of its removal by both the obstetrics and urology teams. Although a retained urinary catheter is relatively common, inability to remove a catheter secondary to placement inadvertently into a ureter is extremely rare. In this paper we will discuss the options in removing a retained catheter and present our case of a retained catheter secondary to placement within the right proximal ureter.