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SHORT RESEARCH REPORT<br />
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Evaluation of two coated catheters<br />
in intermittent self-catheterization<br />
Gill Pascoe, Sharon Clovis<br />
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C<br />
atheters date back as far as the<br />
ancient civilizations of Egypt, China<br />
and Greece. They started being made<br />
from dried hollow reeds and other plants,<br />
progressing, in the 18th century, to man-<br />
made materials. For example, Jewish tailors<br />
and silversmiths fashioned silver catheters for<br />
the surgeons of the day. The tailors also made<br />
stiff silk catheters for their own personal use.<br />
The introduction of plastic and rubber<br />
meant that catheters could be easily mass<br />
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