I used 22 French and 24 fr when I have a suprapubic. Have you tried putting a little bit more fluid in the balloon? Also you might want to try getting some sort of device to tether the catheter to your body.
I had a great success with this when I had my suprapubic. Q On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > Those with a SP cath, what size do you use? After how many years? > > For about 15 years I used a 16F, but it started leaking around the cath > itself, through the incision. So I changed to a 18F. But after only a few > years, it's leaking again. Only at night. No idea why. Not blocked, not > plugged, no junk in it, no sweating. In the morning everything is wet, > night bag 1/4 full. So it's draing some, but not backing up causing AD or > anything. I don't want to keep going up in size. How often do you go up in > size? > > Thanks, Greg >
