1.   Balloon catheters were used to dilate the intrahepatic parenchymal fistulous tracts but metallic stents were not available and long term patency was not maintained.

2.   Although patients in the intensive care unit often have a catheter placed into the radial artery, the catheter is typically used to measure the pressure within the artery.

3.   He uses a catheter.

4.   Louima is still bleeding internally, passing blood in his urine, and is using a catheter.

5.   Problems with his prostate gland forced him to use a catheter.

6.   Those studies are beginning, and soon researchers expect to use new catheters to inject genes or growth factors, eliminating the need for surgery.

7.   ------ Uterine artery embolization, the blocking of vessels supplying blood to uterine fibroids, using a catheter inserted in the groin and X-ray imaging.

8.   In angioplasty, doctors use a catheter to place a balloon inside a blocked artery and then inflate the balloon to collapse the blockage.

9.   In another procedure, called angiography, doctors use a catheter to take pictures of the inside of heart arteries.

10.   She said it is possible that the fault lies with the surgeons using the catheter.