Traumatic Urethral Injury without Pelvic Fracture in an Adult Female. (2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bockholt, Nathan A.; Nepple, Kenneth G.; Powell, Charles R.; Kreder, Karl J.
• Other Names: Atala Anthony Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: TheScientificWorldjournal. Volume 10(2010)
• Page Start: 308
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2010
• Subjects: urethra -- wounds and injuries -- trauma -- pelvis -- female; Science -- Periodicals; Technology -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; 505
• DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.29
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-6140

Abstract

Abstract : A 23-year-old female was involved in a motor vehicle collision with multiple injuries, including a right acetabular fracture, but no pelvic fracture. Urology consultation was obtained due to difficulty placing a urethral catheter. Examination revealed a longitudinal urethral tear with vaginal laceration extending 2 cm from the urethral meatus proximally toward the bladder neck. The longitudinal urethral tear was repaired primarily. Traumatic female urethral injury in the absence of a pelvic fracture is an exceedingly rare occurrence.