[Clean intermittent bladder autocatheterization: description of the procedure carried out by patients with spinal cord injuries].

The present study describes the sequence and its materials used in the vesical autocatheterism intermittent--clean technique. The information were obtained together with the patients, who go through such procedure and were directed to follow the instructions, given by the inter disciplinary Service, attending patients with traumatic medullar injury. The study intends to contribute to increase the knowledge about the vesical autocatheterism and provide to the patients this technique in a therapeutic way.