PMID: 8945843Jan 1, 1996Paper

Traumatic rupture of the bladder. Apropos of 26 cases

Chirurgie; mémoires de l'Académie de chirurgie
J J RambeaudR Sarrazin

Abstract

26 patients were seen with ruptured bladders at Grenoble Hospital during the last 15 years. Pelvic fractures were present in 95% of the cases. Bladder injuries were extraperitoneal (58%), intraperitoneal (27%), intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal (15%). Patients were hospitalised in Urological Department (40%) or General Surgical and Intensive Care (60%). All patients with intraperitoneal bladder injury, 61% with extraperitoneal ruptures were treated by surgical repair. 4 patients died, secondary to visceral associated injuries.

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