Urethro-venous fistula following straddle injury: A case report and image series
T Barker1, P D'hulst1,2, E Fong1
1Department of Urology, Auckland City Hospital, 2 Park Road, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.
Abstract:
We present a case of a 49-year-old man with an acute traumatic urethral injury after a fall onto a fence post. Retrograde contrast study showed a contrast leak and suspicion of a traumatic urethro-venous fistula. We successfully placed a urethral indwelling catheter (IDC) in the operating room and follow-up urethrocystoscopy showed healing of the injury. The patient remained asymptomatic during further follow-up visits.
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