Management of ruptured posterior urethra in childhood.
Seven boys with fracture(s) of the bony pelvis and associated partial or complete rupture of the posterior urethra were managed by the time-honored technique of early suprapubic cystostomy and concomitant primary realignment of the urethra over a catheter. Of the 4 children who had a functionally significant urethral stricture 3 were cured within a few months by 1 or 2 simple urethral dilatations and 1 by subsequent transperineal lysis of the angulated urethra from its surrounding fibrous tissue. Followup data for 8 to 22 years (mean 14 years) indicate that all 7 patients void with an excellent stream and are continent, free of infection and potent. In fact, 3 of the 4 married boys have fathered children.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D050723:Fractures, Bone; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012421:Rupture; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries*; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000601:surgery