Korean J Urol.  1994 Oct;35(10):1133-1136.

Nonoperative Management of Extraperitoneal Bladder Rupture

• Kim HC
• Shin JH
• Lee NK

Abstract

During last two year and seven month, We have seen 38 patients bladder rupture due to 34 blunt trauma, 2 penetrating injuries and 2 iatrogenic causes. There were 13(34.2%) intraperitoneal and 25(65.8%) extraperitoneal injuries. Nonoperative( catheter ) management was used in 21 patients with extraperitoneal rupture of the bladder with extravasation of dye found by retrograde cystogram and successfully treated by urethral catheter drainage only. We excluded 4 patients coexisting urethral rupture and significant intraabdominal injury. Complication occurred in 8 of the 2l patients but all were treated spontaneously during catheter drainage. It seemed obvious that nonoperative management will give a satisfactory result and would not be necessarily benefit from an operation to closing the bladder.

Keyword

Bladder rupture Extraperitoneal; urethral catheter

MeSH Terms

Catheters
Drainage
Humans
Rupture*
Urinary Bladder*
Urinary Catheters