Erosion of urethra by malleable penile prosthesis in a spinal cord injury patient with diabetes mellitus and repeated misplacement of Foley balloon in the urethra: lessons we learn: a case report.

Inflation of Foley balloon in the urethra for prolonged periods, aggravated by recurrent cellulitis of penis and diabetes mellitus resulted in urethral erosion by the prostheses. Urethral catheterisations in spinal injury patients, who have undergone sphincterotomy, resection of bladder neck/prostate, should be performed by experienced clinicians to prevent complications of catheterisation. Suprapubic cystostomy, performed earlier, could have averted these adverse events.