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Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menuSemantic ScholarSemantic Scholar's LogoDOI:10.1038/sc.1995.95Corpus ID: 1331169@article{Mattelaer1995CathetersAS, title={Catheters and sounds: the history of bladder catheterisation}, author={JJ Mattelaer and Ignace Billiet}, journal={Paraplegia}, year={1995}, volume={33}, pages={429-433}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1331169}}JJ Mattelaer, I. BillietPublished in Paraplegia 1 August 1995History, MedicineThe term 'catheter' is derived from the Greek word meaning to let down into, or send down, the Romans used the word demissorium or demissum or immissum, meaning 'what is brought in', and the later Romans named it syringa.View on Springernature.com24 CitationsHighly Influential Citations1Background Citations7 Methods Citations224 CitationsUrinary catheters: history, current status, adverse events and research agendaR. FeneleyI. B. HopleyP. WellsMedicine2015There is an urgent need for the development of an alterna...