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Management of extraperitoneal ruptures of bladder caused by external trauma.
Urology 1989 March
We reviewed 105 cases of extraperitoneal bladder rupture admitted to our hospitals from 1959 to 1985. Primary suturing of the rupture was performed in 65 patients, and catheter drainage alone without suturing of the rupture was performed in 34. The incidence of blunt trauma causing the rupture of gross hematuria on admission, and of associated injuries was similar in both groups. There was a higher incidence of women older than sixty years in the group managed by catheter drainage alone, and a higher incidence of laparotomy for associated intra-abdominal injuries and a higher mortality rate in the group treated by primary suturing. There were three early complications in the group treated by suturing (hematuria with clot retention 2, sepsis contributing to death 1) and four early complications in the conservatively treated group (hematuria with clot retention 1, pseudodiverticulum with bone spike in its floor 1, persistent urinary fistula 1, and sepsis contributing to death 1). There were two late complications in 42 patients followed in the group treated by suturing (urethral stricture 1, frequency and dysuria 1), and three late complications in 14 patients followed in the conservatively treated group (hyperreflexic bladder 2, urethral stricture and vesical calculi 1). Catheter drainage alone for extraperitoneal rupture from external trauma was simple, quick to perform, and appealing in the multiple-injured patient. Although the early and late complication rates were higher in the conservatively managed group, there was no statistically significant difference from the group treated by primary suturing.
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