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Indwelling urinary catheter assembled with lidocaine-loaded polymeric strand for local sustained alleviation of bladder discomfort.


ABSTRACT: Indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) are used in clinical settings to assist detrusor contraction in hospitalized patients. However, an inserted IUC often causes catheter-related bladder discomfort. To resolve this, we propose an IUC coupled with local, sustained release of an anesthetic drug, lidocaine. For this, a thin strand composed of poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) and lidocaine was separately prepared as a drug delivery carrier, which was then wound around the surface of the IUC to produce the drug-delivery IUC. Our results revealed that the drug-delivery IUC could exert the pain-relief effects for up to 7 days when placed in the bladder of living rats. Cystometrogram tests indicated that the drug-delivery IUC could significantly relieve bladder discomfort compared with the IUC without lidocaine. Furthermore, the expression of pain-related inflammatory markers, such as nerve growth factor, cyclooxygenase-2, and interleukin-6 in the biopsied bladder tissues was significantly lower when the drug-delivery IUC was used. Therefore, we conclude that an IUC simply assembled with a drug-loaded polymer strand can continuously release lidocaine to allow for the relief of bladder discomfort during the period of IUC insertion.

SUBMITTER: Kim CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126825 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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