A Clinical Study of Traumatic Urethral Injury and Stricture

Yoon, Choong Sun; Lee, Jhy Bok

Abstract

A clinical survey was made on 62 cases of traumatic urethral injury and stricture in the Department of Urology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, during the period from January 1974 to December 1980. The following results were obtained: 1. The total number of in-patients during the period was estimated to 1120 and of which traumatic urethral injury and stricture were 62 cases of the 144 genitourinary injuries. 2. The most common causes of the urethral injury was traffic accident (45%) and next falling accident (40%), kicking in decreasing order. 3. Age distribution of urethral injury was the highest in the age 30 to 39 (45%) and next age 20 to 29 (39%). 4. Results from the present study show that the primary realignment procedure is more likely to complicate urethral stricture regardless the site of injury, compared with the perineal end-to-end anastomosis.