Primary radiologic realignment of membranous urethral disruptions.
A forty-two-year-old man with a traumatic, membranous urethral disruption underwent initial suprapubic catheter urinary diversion followed by a primary realignment twenty-one days after injury. Realignment was accomplished radiologically using an anterograde guide wire engaged by a retrograde stone basket and subsequent Foley catheter placement over the wire. The patient has remained totally continent, having partial erections, two years after injury, with no further intervention.
Clark
W R
WR
Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Patterson
D E
DE
Williams
H J
HJ
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy