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Wojciech Marks1, S Dawid, J Lasek
1Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.
Abstract:
In the follow-up study of patients with pelvic fractures, rupture of the posterior urethra is registered in 3-25% of cases (Koraitim et al., 1996). The diagnostic gold standard for the assessment of hemodynamically stable trauma patients is contrast-enhanced CT scan, especially helical CT. Nevertheless, simultaneous suprapubic cystography and ascending urethrograms (the so-called up-and-downogram) are the investigation of choice in assessing the site, severity, and length of urethral injuries. (Carlin and Resnick, 1995) This paper discusses the evaluation and diagnosis of urethral injury in multiple-trauma patient.
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