- filiform-tipped catheter
- a small-caliber catheter whose tip has a lumenless filiform; used to dilate tight urethral strictures and to bypass obstructions due to angulations or calculi in the ureter.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
filiform-tipped catheter
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